{"id":4835,"date":"2018-10-14T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T02:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2020-08-21T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T01:40:57","slug":"disney-animation-history-drawing-the-line-university-press-of-kentucky-2006-tom-sito-interview-artanddesignsff-episode-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/2018\/10\/14\/disney-animation-history-drawing-the-line-university-press-of-kentucky-2006-tom-sito-interview-artanddesignsff-episode-76\/cartoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney animation history &#8211; &#8220;Drawing the Line&#8221; (University Press of Kentucky, 2006) &#8211; Tom Sito interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fsfasf%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fsfasf%2FDisney_animation_history-Tom_Sito_interview-ArtandDesignSFF_Episode_76_.mp3&amp;podcast_link=http%3A%2F%2Fcrisalvarez.com%2F2018%2F10%2F14%2Fdisney-animation-history-drawing-the-line-university-press-of-kentucky-2006-tom-sito-interview-artanddesignsff-episode-76%2Fcartoons%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sfasf\/content.blubrry.com\/sfasf\/Disney_animation_history-Tom_Sito_interview-ArtandDesignSFF_Episode_76_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4835-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sfasf\/content.blubrry.com\/sfasf\/Disney_animation_history-Tom_Sito_interview-ArtandDesignSFF_Episode_76_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Disney_animation_history-Tom_Sito_interview-ArtandDesignSFF_Episode_76_.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1317421236?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fcrisalvarez.com%2F%3Fp%3D4835\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4837 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tom-Sito-final-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tom-Sito-final-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tom-Sito-final-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tom-Sito-final-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/crisalvarez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tom-Sito-final.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Tom Sito has been a film animator for decades and has worked on some of Disney\u2019s biggest films. He\u2019s written a book on Disney history based on interviews with Disney animators who were working there during the 1941 strike and we spoke about the book.<\/p>\n<p>2:15 \u2013 Tom Sito talks about his animation career with Disney Studios. He explains how he ended up writing this book on the Disney strike of 1941.<\/p>\n<p>4:00 \u2013 Tom talks about the layout of the book and how animation works.<\/p>\n<p>7:03 \u2013 The book covers labor issues from the early days through modern day.<\/p>\n<p>9:00 \u2013 The labor movement in animation caused changes in how animation was produced. UPA represents some of these changes.<\/p>\n<p>15:14 \u2013 Tom talks about animators approached being in unions.<\/p>\n<p>20:20 \u2013 Tom used 75 first person interviews and archives for the book research. He also knows the Disney family and they liked the book.<\/p>\n<p>22:30 \u2013 The history involves the mob and communists. The Disney strike was one of the few without violence.<\/p>\n<p>24:30 \u2013 The most dramatic day of the strike was the first day the picket line went up. The depression was still happneing for many people on that May 1941 day.<\/p>\n<p>32:45 \u2013 The studios would use off-duty LA police to break up strikes. The mob coulnd\u2019t make inroads into LA because the LA police would rough up mobsters who came into town.<\/p>\n<p>38:00 \u2013 Tom talks about Don Bluth and how he left Disney and formed Don Bluth Studios in competition with Disney.<\/p>\n<p>41:44 \u2013 Tom talks about Jakob Kirtzberg who left animation after a strike and went into comic books under the name Jack Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>42:54 \u2013 Tom talks about the importance of the book among animators.<\/p>\n<p>49:24 \u2013 Tom talks about the animation revival in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>50:35 \u2013 Tom talks about computer animation and its early development and rise. Flight simulators were a big part of this development.<\/p>\n<p>57:30 \u2013 Tom talks about special effects used in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>1:01:26 \u2013 He has a website at tomsito.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links of interest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Tomsito.com\">Tomsito.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more of \u201cThe Art and Design of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Mystery and Horror\u201d please follow me on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crisalvarezwlc\/\">crisalvarezwlc<\/a>, on youtube at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYw0Ym8UDBOkOUQ7_Ddj5zA\">Cris Alvarez<\/a> and on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/crisalvarezscifi\/\">@crisalvarezscifi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests: <\/strong>Tom Sito<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> Cris Alvarez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags: <\/strong>art, artist, animation, Disney, los angeles police, mobsters, mob, communists, UPA, studios, Hollywood, Snow White and the seven dwarves, Don Bluth, Don Bluth studios, marvel comics, Jack Kirby, Paramount studios, Star Trek, Genesis effect, 2001, special effects, cookbooks,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSTom Sito has been a film animator for decades and has worked on some of Disney\u2019s biggest films. 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