The devil driver
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The devil driver |
| Original title | Motor mania |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 7 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Kinney |
| script | Dick Kinney , Milt Schaffer |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music | Paul J. Smith |
The devil driver (AKA: Motor Mania ) is an American animated -Kurzfilm of 1950 with the Disney -Figur Goofy in the lead role. The director took Jack Kinney .
content
Mr. Walker (Goofy) is a normal, always friendly and polite citizen. When he goes his daily way on the sidewalks of the city, however, he is always bothered by the inconsiderate drivers who make crossing the street almost impossible. But as soon as Mr. Walker gets into his car, he turns himself into an aggressive driver named Mr. Wheeler , who shows no consideration for other drivers or pedestrians. Eventually he gets so lost in his speed frenzy that he wrecks his car in an accident and has to be towed away. The narrator teaches him the moral of the story: one should drive safely and be considerate of others.
The short film consists of a series of gags typical of Disney films, through which a narrator tells the context between the scenes and works towards morality. Goofy is not naive and clumsy as in the earlier cartoons and as such a negative example in instructional films, but he represents the average suburban American. According to Flora O'Brian, this figure also shows a dark side of the American dream : The citizen trapped in the conventions of suburban life and technical development who tries to break out through aggression. The film also shows Disney's view of American society as shaped by the contrast between the selfish individual and the socially responsible. The moral of the story urges that technology should be used with mutual consideration and in a more humane way. For this message, according to David Thoms and Len Holden, one of the most human characters in Disney is being dehumanized in the role of Mr. Wheeler. With its authoritarian approach, the short film joins the “ moral panic ” of the 1950s and 1960s. Alternatively, Goofy's behavior can be interpreted as resistance to the society of mass production, the product of which is the citizen himself.
In 1965, Freewayphobia and Goofy's Freeway, two short films with the same message were released, but they are a little longer, do not follow the simple gag structure and relate to each other.
Production and publication
The film was made at Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Jack Kinney . Dick Kinney and Milt Schaffer wrote the script . Walt Disney was the producer and the music was composed by Paul J. Smith . The effects were animated by Jack Boyd and Claude Coats was responsible for the background. Goofy was originally voiced by Pinto Colvig and the narrator was spoken by John McLeish.
The film was released in US cinemas on June 30, 1950. It was later released on VHS and in 2002 it was released on DVD by Disney. The short film was first broadcast on German television as episode 26 of the Disney Classic Cartoons , on April 23, 1985 by Das Erste . Various repetitions followed, also as part of other compilations of Disney short films on German television. The German version was released on DVD in 2009 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures Collection : Goofy's Collected Stories . Outside of television, the film was shown for decades in driving schools, for example, and received an award, a Buyer Trophy, for promoting road safety. The US Army also used the cartoon.
Web links
- The devil driver in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b A. Bowdoin Van Riper: Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films . McFarland, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-8475-1 ( google.de [accessed on May 20, 2018]).
- ^ David Thoms, Len Holden: The Motor Car and Popular Culture in the Twentieth Century . Routledge, 2016, ISBN 978-1-351-88546-1 ( google.de [accessed on May 20, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Motor Mania. Duckfilm, accessed May 20, 2018 .
- ↑ 26. The Devil's Driver (Motor Mania). fernsehserien.de, accessed on May 20, 2018 .
- ↑ A crazy, clumsy dog turns 80. Die Welt, May 22, 2012, accessed on May 20, 2018 .
- ^ Prelinger Library: Index of army motion pictures and related audio-visual aids . Washington: Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1972 ( archive.org [accessed May 20, 2018]).