THEA 80N Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Janice Radway, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer
Lecture 10: Fantasia
5/3/2018
Fantasia
● The on the rode show gave information about the music for the shorts
○ In the DVD release, they did not include the information about music
● Seeing Music and Hearing Pictures
○ Importance of it was to connect the images to the music
● The images were drowning the music
● Main issue of the Film
○ Images restricts the music's "associative powers"
○ The interpretation of the music
■ It destroyed the pleasure and integrity of music
■ Most of the issues came from music critique
■ Had no complaints about the condensing of the music
● Ended up winning 6 Oscar awards
● Special event but didn’t do as well in the box office
○ Released in 1954
■ By this time, theaters all had the sound systems
○ Re-released in 1991 in DvD format
■ Became the highest sold form
■ The idea of Gone Forever
■ Disney sells a limited edition of videos
Theory of Standardization
● Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer
● Janice Radway
○ Code word for mass production, mass distribution, and mass consumption
End of an Era
● Bambi and Dumbo were the last movies of the Golden Era
The Strike
● The Burbank Studio was more business-like than the interaction between the workers
● Studios was in $3 million dollars in debt
● The Strike was referred to as the Civil War
● American Federation of Labor
○ Felt the workers at the Studio needed to unionize
● Screen Cartoonist Guild
● Federation of Screen Cartoonists
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Document Summary
The on the rode show gave information about the music for the shorts. In the dvd release, they did not include the information about music. Importance of it was to connect the images to the music. It destroyed the pleasure and integrity of music. Most of the issues came from music critique. Had no complaints about the condensing of the music. Special event but didn"t do as well in the box office. By this time, theaters all had the sound systems. Disney sells a limited edition of videos. Code word for mass production, mass distribution, and mass consumption. Bambi and dumbo were the last movies of the golden era. The burbank studio was more business-like than the interaction between the workers. Studios was in million dollars in debt. The strike was referred to as the civil war. Felt the workers at the studio needed to unionize. International alliance of theatrical stage employees (iatse)
