Song of the South (1946)
- warm
- brisk
Warm, kinetic, measured animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
Our read · Song of the South (1946) (1946) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded animation · family · musical entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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The shape of Song of the South
What watching it is actually like.
“You want classic Disney musical fables of Br'er Rabbit told to a boy on a plantation.”
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The reading.
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