Richard Schickel is a film critic for Time magazine and author of many books, including D. W. Griffith and the Birth of Film; The Men Who Made the Movies; and Intimate Strangers.
The Disney Version is a model of good judgment, exemplary in
balance and impeccable in tone.
*COMMENTARY*
The single most illuminating work on America and the movies.
*Kansas City Star*
One of the best studies ever done on American popular
culture...unfailingly, consistently intelligent, and eminently
readable.
*Brandeis University*
The story of how Disney built an empire on corrupt popular
culture...becomes a revealing part of American cultural
history.
*Pauline Kael*
Established the terms of interpretation and debate about
Disney...Schickel's [version] remains the most analytically and
aesthetically penetrating portrait.
*Atlantic*
A classic history: the first to look behind the man's image. Enjoy
a new introduction which reflects Disney's lasting influences.
*Midwest Book Review*
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