Based on the Shakespearean classic of Hamlet, The Lion King was the most successful animated film until the arrival of another Disney movie: Frozen. The story behind the production is amazing. It was 1994 and the powerful Disney company was still working on creating new ways of telling stories. The pioneer company founded by Walt …
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Disney and the science of creating dreams
Well, to be honest Walt Disney wasn't a scientist strictly speaking, but when it came to Film Studies not only was he a pioneer but a great inventor too. Thanks to him we can enjoy, for example, Dolby Surround System. Did you know Fantasia was the first feature film being recorded with a complex system …
The Codex Calixtinus: the first travel guide
Where does the first travel guide come from? Is it a European invention? Does it have the same characteristic as the current guides? We’ll find it out in this article which analyses one of the first examples we can find in the Middle Age. When someone names the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago …
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