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Founders Notes: Walt Disney

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Walt Disney Neal Gabler The eternally optimistic Walt Disney, who had ridden out crisis after crisis, had one terrifying thought: he would have to begin all over again. Walt Disney Neal Gabler Walt Disney seldom dabbled. Everyone who knew him remarked on his intensity; when something intrigued him, he focused himself entirely as if it were the only thing that mattered. How Walt Disney Built Himself David Senra That was an excerpt from the book I'm going to talk to you about today, which is this giant comprehensive 800-page biography of Walt Disney, it's called Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination and is written by Neal Gabler. I read this book for the first time, nearly eight years ago. In fact, it was episode 2 of Founders. But the second reading, after reading in almost 350 of these biographies [indiscernible], it completely changes what I get out of the book, the context, the additional meaning. How Walt Disney Built Himself David Senra Walt Disney had a psychological connection to animation, a connection forged by his childhood experiences. The process of animation was a process of giving life, of literally taking the inanimate and making it animate. It was a hu

Walt Disney Neal Gabler The eternally optimistic Walt Disney, who had ridden out crisis after crisis, had one terrifying thought: he would have to begin all over again. Walt Disney Neal Gabler Walt Disney seldom dabbled. Everyone who knew him remarked on his intensity; when something intrigued him, he focused himself entirely as if it were the only thing that mattered. How Walt Disney Built Himself David Senra That was an excerpt from the book I'm going to talk to you about today, which is this giant comprehensive 800-page biography of Walt Disney, it's called Walt Disney: The Triumph…

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