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Bambi (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (1942)
The original circle of life
Disney, ever fond of formulas, long ago settled into a set presentation of DVD bonus content. Buena Vista discs serve up extras with consistency and efficiency, like digital happy meals. As with the studio's feature films, however, the creative team occasionally bolts from the paddock, with delightful results.
For the DVD debut of the seminal "Bambi" (1942), the studio unearthed transcriptions of Walt Disney's story meetings and had capable actors work them like scripts. The audio gets visual accompaniment from scenes from the film, inset shots of those speaking, sketches, storyboards and docu footage. Fascinating, even for hard-hearts who can't sit through the film.
Walt Disney says "swell" a lot and delights in the possibilities of his project. "It's Bambi, Thumper and Flower -- that's your story," Disney tells his collaborators. "What you're really selling the public is the personality." Sometimes "the story gets in the way." He says working on "Fantasia" attuned him to the power of music in animation. "You've got to keep the music in mind when you're building it."
Animal anatomy consultant Rico Lebrun urges the group to break out of its "Snow White" mindset. "We want to characture animals as animals, not as humans. Not as though some human was dressed up in a deer suit."
Story man Perce Pearce notes that the mother deer being shot by a hunter is the first death in a Disney picture. "The whole audience is gonna say, 'Oh, she's going to get up.' But she doesn't." (Walt: "Heavy.")
The rest of the double-disc set features a dazzling restoration and an appealing suite of extras. The making-of shows how much "The Lion King" owed its ancestor. Here we find "the original circle of life" -- its descendant high-concepted as "Bambi" in Africa.
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