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Walt Disney i kino dla dzieci – wyprawa do źródeł
Walt Disney and Children’s Cinema: A Journey to the Source

Author(s): Paweł Sitkiewicz
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: children’s film; Walt Disney; family entertainment; fairy tales and cinema;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the myth of Walt Disney as a legend- ary author of children’s films. For several decades, Disney was convincing journalists and the public that he created cinema for an adult audience, which he defined in a rather specific way. He also argued with everyone who accused him of making pedagogical mistakes. The plots of animated feature films produced by Disney also prove that for many years he did not want to be considered as an educator, even though his films attracted the youngest viewers from the very beginning of his career. The author asks why someone so radically distancing himself from children’s cinema be- came a businessman specializing in family entertainment.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 121
  • Page Range: 188-198
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish