![]() ![]() The film takes place in Hollywood in 1947, in a world where humans and Toons exist side by side. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” is sheer, enchanted entertainment from the first frame to the last - a joyous, giddy, goofy celebration of the kind of fun you can have with a movie camera. Real, living animators did this by hand, and the effort shows in moments like the zowie zoom shots where the camera hurtles at Roger Rabbit and then careens away, with the rabbit changing size and perspective in every frame.īut I’m making the movie sound like homework for a film class. Then they laboriously went through the movie frame by frame, drawing in the cartoon characters. Then they shot the live action, forcing actors such as Bob Hoskins, the star, to imagine himself in a world also inhabited by cartoons (or “Toons,” as the movie calls them). How did they do it? First, they plotted every scene, shot by shot, so that they knew where the live actors would be, and where the animated characters would be. The movie is a collaboration between Disney Studios and Steven Spielberg, the direction is by Robert (“ Back to the Future”) Zemeckis, and the animation is by Richard Williams. You know how easy it is to make dumb, no-brainer action movies, and how incredibly hard it is to make a movie like this, where every minute of screen time can take days or weeks of work by the animators. In a way, what you feel when you see a movie like this is more than appreciation. They change size and dimension and perspective as they move through a scene, and the camera isn’t locked down in one place to make it easy, either - the camera in this movie moves around like it’s in a 1940s thriller - and the cartoon characters look three-dimensional and seem to be occupying real space. They shake the hands and grab the coats and rattle the teeth of real actors. Roger Rabbit and his cartoon comrades cast real shadows. ~ Jessica Rabbit.Like “2001,” “Close Encounters” and “E.T.,” this movie is not only great entertainment but a breakthrough in craftsmanship - the first film to convincingly combine real actors and animated cartoon characters in the same space in the same time and make it look real. I didn’t want to have anything to do with it, but he said that if I didn’t pose for those pattycake pictures, Roger would never work in this town again. Jessica Rabbit: I didn’t know who I could trust.Įddie Valiant: We’re even. If only we knew what happened to that will. Jessica Rabbit: Problem is without Marvin’s will, the land still goes to Cloverleaf. I’d love to embrace you, but first, I have to satisfy my sense of moral outrage. What’re you talking about? There’s no road past Toontown. But this time, take off that hand buzzer. Valiant, are either drunk or punch drunk. Get out of here and get me the money too. I hit him over the head with a frying pan and stuck him in the trunk. Last week, some heavy breather wanted one of my nylons as a souvenir. Roger Roger, say something! ~ Jessica Rabbit. I hope you’re proud of yourself, and those pictures you took. I suppose you think no one’s going to notice Toontown’s disappeared? ~ Jessica Rabbit. My honey bunny was never very good behind the wheel. ![]() ~ Jessica Rabbit.įrom the looks of it, I’d say it was Roger. Well, we’re not going anywhere in my car. You don’t know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do. I hit him in the head with a frying pan and put him in the trunk… so he wouldn’t get hurt. I’ve loved you more than any woman’s ever loved a rabbit. I just want you to know that I love you, Roger. I just saved your life, and you still don’t trust me? ~ Jessica Rabbit. Oh, Roger! You were a pillar of strength. Jessica Rabbit is a fictional character from the book ‘Who Censored Roger Rabbit?’ and the film version ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ ![]()
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