Seven Minutes

The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon

Norman M Klein

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English

Verso
01 August 1996

Comic book & cartoon art; Film theory & criticism; Cultural studies; Media Reference; Animation

"Seven Minutes is a social and aesthetic history of the ""controlled anarchy"" of the cartoon, from the first talking Mickeys to the demise of Warners and MGM theatrical productions in 1960. Norman M. Klein follows the scrambling graphics and upside-down ballet of Fleischer's Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman of the Wolfie cartoons by Tex Avery, of the Bugs and Daffy, Tweetie and Roadrunner cartoons from Warners, of full animation at Disney, of the ""whiteness of Snow White"", and of how Mickey Mouse became a logo. Reviewing the graphics, scripts and marketing of each era, he discovers the links between cartoons and live action movies, newspapers, popular illustration, and the entertainment architecture coming out of Disneyland. Klein shows that the cartoon was a perverse juggling act, invaded constantly by economic and political pressures, by marketing for sound, by licensing characters to stave off bankruptcies, by Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War II and the first wave of television."

By: Norman M Klein
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 665g
ISBN: 9781859841501
ISBN 10: 1859841503
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 August 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Norman M. Klein is a critic and historian of mass culture, editor of Fragile Moments: A History of Media-induced Experience, and Author of Stories in an English I Don't Speak: The History of Forgetting in Los Angeles as well as numerous articles on media and the arts. He teaches at California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles

Reviews for Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon

Norman Klein in his remarkable Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon has accomplished what is by no means a mior miracle... the work is erudite, witty, comprehensive and just plain fun. Chuck Jones Animation Director A Volume that should be on every toon fan's bookshelf... genuine food for thought with a mass of fascinating detail Sight and Sound This is an important contribution to the history of American popular culture and a god mine of suggestive insights into the inner workings of the cartoon business. American Historical Review