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Article: Quasimodo on the couch
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 11, 1996
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The technical credits for Disney's new animated feature are
like the census of a small country. The list goes on and on, of
Compositors, In-Betweeners, Colour Stylist Trainees, and it would
be nice to report that these myriad artisans have collaborated on a
cathedral worthy of so much effort. In fact, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame is a mild disappointment; not a disaster but a definite
falling off from the studio's series of recent triumphs, running
from Beauty and the Beast in 1991.
Part of the problem is technical. The animation looks
old-fashioned and even crude after breakthroughs in computer
animation (Toy Story) and stop- motion (The Nightmare Before
Christmas). Oh sure, crowds seen ...