Film
The fulfilment of a whole series of stylistic innovations advanced by Disney during the decade, including rhythm and liveliness in animation. In Tarzan, animation reaches new expressive heights, but what makes it fundamental in Disney's history is the first use of revolutionary software: the deep canvas. Thanks to this programme, Disney artists were able to create three-dimensional scenery with the appearance of hand-painted backdrops, experimenting with a technique that would later also be used in Atlantis and The Treasure Planet. The story is based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and deals with all the great universal themes dear to Disney since its origins: life, death, love, exclusion, coming of age. Simple topics that are perfectly capable of being understood by a child audience, yet courtly enough to captivate the adult. It is no coincidence that it represents the last act of the Disney Renaissance, with almost 500 million dollars in box office, an Oscar and Golden Globe award for Best Song (You'll Be in My Heart) by Phil Collins, who also personally performed the songs in Italian, Spanish, French and German.
L'arte
With the arrival in the jungle of a group of explorers from England (consisting of Professor Porter, his daughter Jane and their guide, the hunter Clayton) Tarzan's life changes forever. When he meets Jane Porter, he is very impressed by her appearance because for the first time he is meeting a fellow human, and he approaches her, saving her from a group of baboons whose wrath the girl unwittingly incurs and they begin to chase her. She is an upper-class British girl, rather eccentric and spontaneous, and therefore tends to get into trouble despite being very intelligent and gifted in her skills as a zoologist and artist. She is in charge of telling Tarzan about the race he belongs to, the human race, and the world he comes from. She thus projects some images that for her are representative of our society and for a few seconds we can catch a glimpse of some of the most beautiful and famous works of human ingenuity ever: Big Ben, the Great Sphinx of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and above all the Marilyn Monroe of art: the Mona Lisa. Nothing particularly complex or narratively significant, but it underlines the importance we, as a society, give to works of art and history. We identify with them, we consider them a global and common good no matter where they are, and their value is commonly recognised.
External Links
Watch Tarzan on Disney +
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