Now that the name "Bambi" is mentioned, it is estimated that most people think of this cartoon from Disney, but few people can think of the original cartoon-"Bambi, A Life in the Woods" by the Austrian writer Felix Salten. In fact, this Disney animation has greatly changed the original. For example, in the original, Bambi is a Western roe deer, but Walt Disney's Bambi is a white-tailed deer. I haven't read the original work, and I don't know where the film comes from the original work. But obviously, whether the animation is loyal to the original or not, this animation is worthy of praise in terms of content, although the reasons for praise may be different.
The name "Bambi" sounds cute, but its content is not cute at all. It is full of reality and cruelty, and its content is very enlightening.
Bambi’s mother and father are the two most important figures in Bambi’s growth, and they play the roles of "kind mother" and "strict father" respectively. Bambi’s mother, who raised and protected Bambi, taught Bambi some basic survival skills and taught him how to spot and avoid danger. Bambi’s father was the leader of the deer herd. He only showed up a few times at first, and finally showed his image when he led Bambi to escape from the fire. He taught Bambi to fight bravely, even if it is difficult. Dare to accept the challenge. Although Bambi’s mom and dad’s methods are different, they all love Bambi in essence, hoping that Bambi can survive in such a competitive and sinister forest, where Bambi is also here. Gradually grow up under this kind of teaching...
The experience of Bambi in the whole film, especially the experience of adult Bambi, has a great enlightenment to reality, such as competing with the same kind for love, escaping from the fire, etc.; the film also reflects the hunting Animal hazards, such as the episode where Bambi’s mother was shot and killed by hunters, made the film have ecological significance, but this view was not widely recognized in the era when the film was released, because most people in that era did not have it. The awareness of animal protection, there were still many people who regarded hunting as a pleasure at that time.
What's more surprising is that the film pays great attention to the performance of the details. It can be seen that the film is very particular about some parts of the film. Some parts of the film have become Disney classics.
"Bambi" is a rare work of Disney with depth and many enlightenments to reality, and "Bambi" has also become Disney's classic work on the theme of "growth". Later works of the same theme such as " "The Lion King", "Tarzan of the Apes", etc. can see some of the shadows of this work, and this work also establishes some basic models of Disney's "growth" theme works. And "Bambi" is the same as "Fantasia", both of which are difficult to reproduce in Disney today.
PS: I have seen some comments that the original voice dubbing of the film sounds very cute, and it feels like it was dubbed by a child. In fact, the juvenile characters in this film are really matched by children. For example, Donnie Dunagan, who dubbed childhood Bambi, was only seven or eight years old. As for the most memorable voice in the film, it is the rabbit. Peter Behn, who dubbed it, was only six years old. This may be the reason why this film can have such a perfect original voice dubbing, and it also made me unable to adapt to any other dubbing version after seeing the original voice version.
Postscript:
Now that I have finished reading the original book, let's write something. I have to say that it is really hard to imagine that the original work will be so dark and cruel from the perspective of animation alone. There is indeed no "cruel" shot for a second in the animation. It can be said that nothing can be seen from the screen, but only by carefully savoring this plot can we vaguely realize some realistic and cruel content. come out. Maybe young children can only watch this animation to watch the excitement. Only when they grow up to over 10 years old can they realize some of the deep meaning of this animation, but this is the minimum age suitable for reading the original.
(From the information on IMDB, Walt Disney originally planned to conceive a few "cruel" shots, such as letting Bambi see her mother falling to death in a pool of blood, and it was originally set to be a "hunter" Appeared as a character, but none of these appeared in the final product)
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