The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation

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A must-have item!.......2007-09-15

For those people who wants to work with graphics, It's very important to have contact with newest technologies and media. But to have real growth, the basis is here. Beautiful book! Compared to price, is the best benefit in whole amazon site!

Animator's Ultimate Guide.......2007-09-04

It's an amazing book! Everything you want to know about the business and the pure art and joy of being an animator from the masters.

Disillusioned. Skip It........2007-08-27

This is a biased and officially licensed piece of pro-Walt Disney propaganda. The animation tips from Frank Thomas, one of the greatest animators who ever lived, are priceless. But he and his buddy Ollie Johnston (who was not nearly as talented as Thomas) are biased, and as a history, it is severely flawed.

Many vital artists to the Disney style of animation are given the shaft, which essentially anyone outside of the Nine Old Men. Fred Moore, Art Babbitt, and Bill Tytla are almost completely ignored. Director Jack Kinney and animator John Sibley, the team responsible for Disney's inarguably best short subject series, Goofy, are not even mentioned. They do a good job of erasing all of the 'bombs' such as Alice in Wonderland and Three Caballeros as well.

I also am repulsed at the lauding of such features as Robin Hood and The Rescuers, in favor of work by the studio many years earlier that was inarguably superior. And any tome this size that gives only four mentions to Dumbo is not worth owning.

Skip it.

Wonderful.......2007-08-05

Wonderful and very useful book, highly recommended for everyone who's interested in the world of animation and its history.

this is a great book!.......2007-03-13

great shipping and good condition!
i think this book is very important for student who is studying animaion.

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goldmine in need
Now I Know Why This Book is So Hard to Find

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
Frank Thomas , and Ollie Johnston
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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goldmine in need.......2000-07-31

this book is really very much demanded by the young animation student like my-self.so the publisher should try to reprint this kind of a goldmine of animation.and i am sure as the animation world is expandind day by day it will be demanded more and more.our library has a couple of book and some of the animators possess them but still every animator should carry this Bible the lifelong.

Now I Know Why This Book is So Hard to Find.......2000-06-24

Finally, I found a used copy of this book in Chicago. I had heard it was the "Bible" of animation, but I was skeptical; I have seen too many glorified advertising campaigns sold in coffee table format. (Did we really need any background information on "Hercules?") But now that I actually own a copy and have been reading it - I am really blown away by how much I didn't know I didn't know.

This book gives a perspective on animation I have been searching for for a long time. Short of plunking down $10,000 to attend animation school, this book has helped me understand what is necessary to look for from an artistic angle when I am drawing. Over and over I have been told to draw more, but from what perspective, with what emphasis, to what end? All of that is covered in such an elementary way that I can't believe I never got it before now.

This book is worth all of the praise I have been hearing about it. It was also worth every ounce of energy I have used trying to find a copy to purchase. As for the negative comments I have heard about the reprint Hyperion version of this book, for me it simply doesn't matter. Can I see a difference in the plates? Sure I can. Is the information presented any less valuable or understandable? No. And that's the bottom line for me.

Amazing book. I can't believe it is out of print.

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Disney Animation The Illusion of Life
Frank and Ollie Johnston Thomas
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"DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE"
Ollie Johnston , and Frank Thomas
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Aperture 152
Crossing Borders: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Photography
Fall 1998

A new generation of Czech and Slovak photographers--heirs to the legacy of such modern masters as Josef Sudek and Frantisek Driktol--will be the subject of the August 1998 issue of Aperture, featuring images never before published in the West. In the Aperture tradition of investigating the contemporary photography of individual nations, Crossing Borders probes the cultural, social, and emotional climate of the post-Communist era as experienced by twenty-three photographers.

The writings of such prominent Czech and Slovak writers as the novelist Jan Novak, author of The Willys Dream Kit, and the poet Anna Ondrejková help to illuminate the full dimensions of contemporary creative life in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Photographers:
Pavel Banka, Judita Csáderová, Bohdan Holomícek, Viktor Kolar, Josef Koudelka, Antonín Kratochvil, Zdenek Lhoták, Ivan Lutterer, Jan Malý, Pavel Mára, Pavel Pecha, Ivan Pinkava, Jan Pohribný, Jirí Polácek, Rudo Prekop, Vasil Stanko, Tono Stano, Kamil Varga, Peter Župník

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A quiet, elegant collection of work.......1998-12-02

The high-quality printing makes the most of these B&W images, which are evocative and emotional of a part of Europe less widely seen.

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Human beings have always been curious about aliens. GRAY FOLKS gives us the humorous possiblities of what aliens think about us!

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Easy to read & understand, method produces immediate results

Target Editing: Qiuck Vanwrite Revisions Energize Business Writing
Linda B. Vanderwold
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Easy to read & understand, method produces immediate results.......1998-05-13

Target Editing allows the editor (writer) to quickly spot sentences that communicate clearly and those that do not. The author developed an effective method using color to highlite the strengths and weaknesses in business writing. The book is easy to read and understand. Best of all, I could see an immediate improvement in my writing. Unlike other books on writing, Target Editing gives the editor the vocabulary necessary to tell somone else why every edit was made. This book ends the "this sounds better arguments" we use to have.

I highly recommend this book for every business writer and editor. The better the writer, the more impact this book has.

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Essential reading for HR and Management specialists alike.......2004-10-02

Not to be entirely precieved as 'Humor', there are detailed observations of every area of management. The Chapter on HRM predicts the future downfall of HR practice while the section on Recruitment Consultants was an eye-opener for me and my colleagues and should be read by any job seeker. Feeneys background ensures this is not just a cynical hatchet job on management - rather its a delicate disection.

Business, Managers & Management - from Recruitment to BOTOX.......2004-09-23

Whatever your business, be it as complex as critically observing and reviewing the Obituary Columns of Newspapers as a means of gathering Vacant Job positions (The Recruitment Agent) or simply selling BOTOX out of the back of a transit van in an Airport car park - this book is for you. It reads like a business start-up guide but between the lines is good solid advice (importance of Vision statement, training, business planning, customer servicing, quality control, management styles, finance, sales, Etc.). Not being from a large organisation, I always wondered what 'Human Resource Management' was all about - Now I know, its about paint-ball and treating people (human resources) like four year old kids!

I liked especially the section on 'extreme management' Chapter 24 - its expensive training at 50,000 Euro but a great way to avoid Tax - Everyone in Ireland is involved in Tax scams! There's very few people (apart from PAYE workers) paying Tax.

In Business planning he writes about the Business Expansion Scheme, another great Tax dodge, currently 'on-hold' pending European investigation. Little to do with Business expansion, the 'scheme' was aimed at expanding the amount of Tax you don't have to pay.

Its an eclectic mix of wit, organisational observation, satire and is a roller-coaster ride for anyone involved in the 'black art of management' - whether you're a manager OR report to a manager, you'll still experience the same spasms of recognition on reading this colourful little book.

Essential for anyone working in HRM or new to management.......2004-09-23

Although this is a funny and witty book, it should be essential reading for anyone new to management OR anyone working in Human Resource Management.

Not to be entirely judged by its cover, the book raises many questions about MANAGEMENT ethics, standards, morals and scrupples. Feeney does this in a very painless and enjoyable way. I read it over the space of a weekend, (120 pages with a glossary at the back) and was laughing out loud at times. At other times, I was thinking very deeply about the content and its implications. Its a roller coaster and incites both emotions, almost simultaneously. Well worth a read!

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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