Ο Μίκυ Μάους στο Βιετνάμ είναι μια ταινία κινουμένων σχεδίων κατά του πολέμου που δημιουργήθηκε από τον Whitney Lee Savage και τον σπουδαίο αμερικανό γραφίστα Milton Glaser, δημιουργό του λογότυπου "I ♥ NY", της διάσημη αφίσας του Bob Dylan του 1966, των λογότυπων Brooklyn Lager και DC Comics και αμέτρητων άλλων πραγμάτων. Ο Glaser, 90 ετών τώρα, ήταν ο συνιδρυτής του New York magazine και είναι ο πρώτος (και μέχρι στιγμής ο μόνος) γραφίστας που έλαβε το National Medal of Arts, το οποίο του απονεμήθηκε από τον Πρόεδρο Ομπάμα το 2009.
Η πλοκή του Μίκυ Μάους στο Βιετνάμ - που διαρκεί περίπου ένα λεπτό - είναι απλή: Λίγο μετά την άφιξή του στο Βιετνάμ, ο Μίκυ πυροβολείται.
How did you get involved with, the director, Lee Savage in making this short?
Milton Glaser: Lee Savage was a good friend of mine, and he was in the film business of one kind or another, doing small production films — and with a little experience in animation, and all the things you have to know to produce a modest film the way we did.
What was the audience’s reaction when it was screened at the festival?
Milton Glaser: It was very moving — people responded strongly to it. But within the context of many such events and many presentations, it didn’t quite have the power that you experience when you are seeing it in isolation. But it was moving.
You know, I was just talking about it this morning, because I have not seen it many, many years. It just shows you the power of symbolism, because in some ways it’s much more powerful than seeing a photograph of dead GIs in a landscape — something about the destruction about a deeply held myth that moves you in way that is unexpected.
Speaking of symbolism, is that why you picked Mickey Mouse in particular?
Milton Glaser: Well, obviously Mickey Mouse is a symbol of innocence, and of America, and of success, and of idealism — and to have him killed, as a solider is such a contradiction of your expectations. And when you’re dealing with communication, when you contradict expectations, you get a result.
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