Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:43:13 -0700 From: Steven Barr <lapuppet-AT-gmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Bill Baird inspired Disney I saw the Lincoln robot in 1963. At 7 years old, it really creeped me out-- I still remember the feeling I had when I witnessed that magic. The fact that the robot had no connection to anything human left me cold. I would also doubt that any direct correlation between Baird's Puppet in that clip was a the first source of inspiration for the animatronic research. It sounds like a PR generality to me, and of course any puppet would be an inspiration (I have no problem with that). What really inspired this research was the desire to give life to inanimate objects as was in our collectiive conscious brains since Shelley wrote Frankenstein (1818) and the old story of The Golum from Judaic legend (1600). Disney had the money and vision and took the risk to develop it. Others did this before him for the German Impressionist films of the 1920s (like Metropolis). -Steven Ritz-Barr -- FAUST PuppenFilm by Steven Ritz-Barr =93This is a fascinating piece which uses the visual-music aspect of puppetry to make images as puppet theatre can at its best.=94 -Dr. Kathie Foley, Univ. of Cal, Santa Cruz Theatre Chair and Professor "A beautifully paradoxical work which has its beauty in the complexity of its apparent simplicity!" Dr.Beate Allert, Purdue University; Assoc. Professor of German & Comparative Literature; Dept. of Foreign Language & Lit. Classics in Miniature, INC. Metropolitan Puppet Authority, Non-profit www.lapuppet.com www.classicsinminiature.com _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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