I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH DISNEY in that all of their content distorts human experience at the expense of those who are not equipped to defend themselves against it. Worse yet, the problem has spanned 3 generations of viewers, all glued to the developing plot and desperate to find the resolution of the ever-present abandonment narrative.
That said let's look at Amy Adams' hands. I've never seen such energy diverted to someone's hands before. Adam's impersonation of an animated Disney figure is Herculean and deserving of an academy award for hand acting. As an illustrator I've always found hands to be the most useful prop (outside of the facial features themselves) to provide a window to the heart.
Well put - both points. I really enjoyed Adams in 'Enchanted,' and you're right that her hands were a big part of it. I assume she studied what the Disney animators did with hands in the earlier films (the early Disney stuff transcended all that narrative dishonesty and retains more of the power of the original tales, imho - plus it had a lot of mindblowing animation!!).
ReplyDeleteAdams is great in 'Junebug' too. But I don't remember what she did with her hands in that one... :-)
Oh - and beautiful drawing too, as always!
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