8/13/2019 Eric Goldberg Interview 01
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we got spectacular, spatial layoutsfor the characters to move
around in, beautifully detailed
background paintings, a color scheme that not only was
consistent but had its own logic, and
handsomely tapered thick#and#thin clean#up linework that looked
like inked drawings, to name but
a few of these enrichments. Guiding hands were there from the
supervisors of course, but the
system allowed for much more creative input from the whole crew.
If my fellow Genie animators
had a particularly funny take on a scene, and it worked, I was
happy to include it. 4or eDample, the
0mushmouth0 faces on Aladdin and the Genie, as the blue guy
manipulates Aladdin!s mouth to say0Genie, I wish you free0, were
purely the contribution of the animator, +roose ohnson. It made
me
laugh, so if it ain!t broke...
9hat do you think the studio learned from this film?
I think they learned that it!s possible to take risks and left
turns in their films, and still have them
pay off at the boD office, as long as the core "isney values of
good storytelling, rich
characteri6ations, fantasy, and a lot of heart are still
present.
9hat do you think about Aladdin looking back on it today?
I!m delighted to feel that the film still holds up. 9e had a
@pecial Edition premiere at the El 2apitan
theatre in ollywood, and the live audience reacted with as much
enthusiasm and ;oy as if it had
been created yesterday. 9alt built his films to last for many
generations, and I hope our films will
honor that legacy as well. /ime will tell, I suppose.
9hat was your favorite scene in Aladdin?
I have several, I!m afraidH /hey are$
/he confrontation between asmine Fand afar %as he eDplains he
has already beheaded Aladdin),animated by Mark enn and Andreas
"e;a.
/he pagoda scene, where asmine catches 05rince Ali0 in his lie
%Glen 8eane and Mark enn).
=f the scenes I got to animate, my favorites are the Genie!s 2ab
2alloway#style dance down his
own tongue, and Aladdin and the Genie!s final goodbye scenes,
where the Genie reali6es he!s finally
free, and how much he!s going to miss 0Al.0 2an!t have "isney
without the heartH
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