Is there a better source to perceive the complexity of Walt than Ward Kimball’s sweet-and-sour memories of “the animated man”?
Richard Hubler: Incidentally, I reviewed your Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom.
Ward Kimball: You didn’t see Melody in 3D, though.
RH: Yes.
WK: Did you? With the glasses?
RH: No, I didn’t see it with the glasses.
WK: Melody was done in a 3D version. That reminds me, I want to trace down the two prints—we must have them here—where you wore the glasses. That was kind of a blockbuster, I think. I thought it was great because we broke it down into five levels of depth and Eustace Lycett worked out the comparative spread on each level. It was startling and it had a very surrealistic look because of this depth. And, of course, the Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom was wide-screen. Did you see it in the real Cinemascope or a stretched version? We had wide-version gags . . . […]
