John Needham's 1988 documentary on the life and work of animation legend Tex Avery. Features some great clips, plus contributions from Joe Adamson, Heck Allen, June Foray, Chuck Jones, Mark Kausler...
John Needham's 1988 documentary on the life and work of animation legend Tex Avery. Features some great clips, plus contributions from Joe Adamson, Heck Allen, June Foray, Chuck Jones, Mark Kausler, Mike Lah, and Ed Love.
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The Lion's reaction at 7.29 - still one of the funniest things I've EVER seen. I can still remember being completely floored by that the first time I saw it.
well, in actuality, Avery's brand of animation influenced all of the other studio's in their own subtle ways. Warner Brothers, where Tex got his major start, even continued using Avery-style animation after he left. I wouldn't call it a rip-off in the negative sense of the word...i'd call it patterning...a lot of cartoons came to be patterned after what Tex was doing...but I wouldn't say they're rip-off's because a rip-off in my mind means a cheap copy. :)
I felt more like the gags themselves were stolen. I think each of the noted animators of the era showed their own style, their own way to depict motion, characters, stories. But you're right, there didn't seem to be much of an uptightness about ownership that seems to dominate todays' discussions about the entertainment industry.
Doing some research on video game history I found that a lot of early game designers didn't care if their code was copied and elaborated upon.
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Doing some research on video game history I found that a lot of early game designers didn't care if their code was copied and elaborated upon.
Same here, maybe.