Show Notes on Dream a Little Deeper: Pinocchio
Pinocchio is the Walt Disney Animation Studios second film, released in 1940. Walt notably tried to make this film more technically masterful than his first, striving to perfect the multiplane shot and special effects. Like Snow White, Pinocchio was a crowning critical achievement and is still on the AFI’s list of best animated films.
Below you can find all the resources consulted, videos watched, and pictures referenced for our episode on Pinocchio.
Books
Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation by Chris Pallant
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom by Christopher Finch
Understanding Animation by Paul Wells
Articles
Freud, Sigmund (1957). "A Special Type of Choice of Object Made by Men, pages 165–175". The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. XI. London: Hogarth Press. pp. 179–190. ISBN 978-0-7012-0067-1. On the Universal Tendency of Debasement in the Sphere of Love
Primary Source Videos
Pinocchio, Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske (1940).
The Old Mill, Wilfred Jackson (1937).
Documentaries
Walt Disney, directed by Sarah Colt (2015)
Frank and Ollie, directed by Theodore Thomas (1995)
Websites
Pinocchio on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032910/
D23, Disney History: https://d23.com/disney-history/
Video Essays
“The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (Part 1) - Animation Lookback” by ElectricDragon505
Interviews
Dr Justin Rawlins
Justin Rawlins is Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film Studies at The University of Tulsa, where he also oversees the TUTV Media Lab. His research focuses on screen histories and identities, screen acting, and arctic media. His book-in-progress, Method Men, explores how Method acting came to be popularly understood and uncovers what we're actually talking about when we talk about "the Method."
You can find Dr Justin Rawlins @J_O_Rawlins on Twitter.
Morgan Edwards
Morgan is a newscast producer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and worked in Disneyland as a photographer for three years. She is passionate about movies in general, especially disney movies. If she’s not watching Disney movies, she’s watching indie movies, like Donnie Darko.
You can find Morgan @modayne on Instagram.
Some screen grabs for reference (all timecodes from Disney+ version of movie)
Clothing Discussion
Jiminy Cricket Before and After
0:03:55
0:18:06
Honest John and Gideon
0:30:08
Jiminy and Women
Blue Fairy
0:17:33
0:17:38
Wooden Ladies
0:24:57
0:05:47
0:05:51
0:21:18
0:25:00
The Fish
1:09:42 - 1:10:59
Gepetto’s Old Man Body
0:25:09
The Coachman, aka the Devil, himself
(I’d like to note I had to rewatch this scene three times to get this screen grab and i still freaked out every time this happened)
0:52:42
That butter though….
0:40:13
