Jack the giant killer disney6/16/2023 Our good friend the swordfish (last seen in The Four Musicians of Bremen makes a welcome return, this time with a more hi-tech buzzsaw on his face. The storm sequence is sublime, shifting to a darker shade and rain tridents as if the King of the Sea himself is attacking them. It's small advancements on the techniques we've seen so far, yet they are used here in the service of story rather than simple craftwork. Or the way the animals load-up Jack's boat with little loops of items. Look at the details on the poster at the fair. ![]() Where this short, lost of the longest time, becomes significant is in the way in which those pieces are constructed here. While not exactly formulaic, at least in the modern definition of the word, Disney was settling into a solid rhythm here. ![]() Hijinks ensue and there's a fair bit of chasing - not to mention being chased. The set-up is simple enough: the titular Jack, his girlfriend Susie and your ol' pal Julius the Cat set their sights for the Land of the Giants. Kid, this was the last of seven Fairy Tales Laugh-O-Grams directed by Walt Disney. Later retitled with synchronised sound as The K.O. All Disney Features and Shorts in Release Order - a challenge?Īfter spending far too long searching for the mostly lost Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, this Disney project rolls into one of the more sophisticated shorts up until this point.
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