Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Directed by David Hand et al
Written by Ted Sears et al based on a story collected by the Brothers Grimm
1936/USA
Walt Disney Productions
Repeat viewing
#110 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

[box] Doc: Why, the whole place is clean.

Grumpy: There’s dirty work afoot.[/box]

Disney spent an unheard of $1.8 million dollars on his first animated feature and every penny of it shows on the screen.

Everyone should know the fairy tale about the evil queen who tries to kill the beautiful little princess because she is the fairest in the land and how the princess escapes to live with some kindly dwarfs in the woods.

My affection for this film is unbounded.  This time I noticed all the little details – the faces in the furniture, for example.  One can see the overflowing creativity and joy with which this project was approached.  I also loved the cinematic thinking behind the film – all  those close-ups, tracking shots, and interesting angles.  It may just be my favorite of the Disney cartoons, though Fantasia is way up there.

Does Dopey remind anybody else of Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. Newman?

Clip – “Heigh-Ho”