April 2023 MBR The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf

The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf

The Imagineering Story
Leslie Iwerks
Disney Press
www.disneybooks.com
9781368049368, $35.00

https://www.amazon.com/Imagineering-Story-Official-Biography-Disney/dp/1368049362

The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering is not for the casual Disney fan used to books packed with colorful Disney illustration, but for the avid arts reader interested in an authorized biography of how Walt Disney Imagineering created a theme park that captured world attention. Connections between Walt Disney's own life and interests dovetail nicely with the story of how Disney films, theme parks, and the brand evolved.

Accompanying a TV documentary of the same name, The Imagineering Story is replete with insider information and history not seen elsewhere, as well as film-specific insights which will educate and attract film students. From worldwide Disney teams to incarnations of Walt Disney's dream, this book is a definitive 'must' addition not just for Disney fan collections, but arts libraries strong in animation and film history, who will receive an in-depth, weighty survey of the evolution of Disney's dream. Even with all the Disney biographies and discussions on the market, there is nothing as in-depth, authoritative, or wide-ranging as The Imagineering Story.

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