Hamilton Luske

  • Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske – Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    USA1951-1960AnimationClyde GeronimiFantasyHamilton LuskeWilfred Jackson

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    Alice is a daydreaming young girl. She finds learning poems and listening to literature boring. She prefers stories with pictures and to live inside her imagination. One day, while enduring just such a poetry reading, she spots a large white rabbit…dressed in a jacket and carrying a large watch. He scurries off, saying he’s late, for a very important date. She follows him through the forest. He then disappears down a rabbit hole. Alice follows, leading her to all manner of discoveries, characters and adventures.Read More »

  • Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske – Pinocchio (1940)

    1931-1940AnimationBen SharpsteenFantasyHamilton LuskeUSA

    “Pinocchio” is a parable for children, and generations have grown up remembering the words “Let your conscience be your guide” and “A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” The power of the film is generated, I think, because it is really about something. It isn’t just a concocted fable or a silly fairy tale, but a narrative with deep archetypal reverberations. (“Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King” share that quality, and so do the scenes involving Dumbo and his mother.)Read More »

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