Reason and Emotion

Reason and Emotion
Reason and Emotion
Directed by	Bill Roberts
Story by	Joe Grant; Dick Huemer
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Frank Graham
Music by	Edward H. Plumb
Animation by	Ollie Johnston; Milt Kahl; Ward Kimball; Fred Moore; Bill Tytla
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	August 27, 1943
Running time	8 minutes

Reason and Emotion is a 1943 propaganda short film by Walt Disney Productions, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1943. Released on August 27, 1943 in the United States, the short is eight minutes long.^[1]

The short has been compared to the 2015 Pixar Animation Studios film Inside Out.^[2]

Plot[]

The short demonstrates how a person adopts their ability to solve problems through logical reasoning (the head) or through emotional passion (the heart). Adolf Hitler is shown to not have any reasoning, instead relying purely on emotion; it is explained that "Americans should control the emotion inside our head lest it control us — and make us vulnerable to Hitler's vile fearmongering."^[2] Hitler's speeches and motivational tactics are shown as manipulative.^[3]

Production[]

Reason and Emotion was directed by Bill Roberts, with animation by Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston, among others.^[4] BlogofDeath explains: "During World War II, [Joe] Grant and animator Dick Huemer created gags and designs for many of Disney’s patriotic-themed cartoons", including this movie.^[5]

Home media[]

The short was released on May 18, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines.^[6]

Critical reception[]

IndieWire wrote, "Reason and Emotion is exactly the kind of thing that sticks in your mind because it is strange, a wartime film that used a visual metaphor to make a case about Americans keeping their calm during WWII."^[7]

References[]

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
^ ^a ^b "See What 'Inside Out' Has in Common With a Disney World War II Propaganda Short". Yahoo.com. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ How was animation utilized to support the American war effort during World War II?, Hillsboro IB History II
^ "Reason and Emotion". Disneyshorts.org. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Joe Grant, Blog of Death
^ "Walt Disney on the Front Lines DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^ Tom Klein (June 8, 2015). "Pixar Finds It's [sic] "Reason and Emotion"". Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

External sources[]

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

[yahoo.com-2] "See What 'Inside Out' Has in Common With a Disney World War II Propaganda Short". Yahoo.com. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[3] How was animation utilized to support the American war effort during World War II?, Hillsboro IB History II

[disneyshorts.org-4] "Reason and Emotion". Disneyshorts.org. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[5] Joe Grant, Blog of Death

[6] "Walt Disney on the Front Lines DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[7] Tom Klein (June 8, 2015). "Pixar Finds It's [sic] "Reason and Emotion"". Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

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v t Disney World War II propaganda films
Donald's films	Donald's Decision (1942) The New Spirit (1942) Der Fuehrer's Face (1943) The Spirit of '43 (1943)
Stand-alone films	The Thrifty Pig (1941) 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941) Stop That Tank! (1942) Food Will Win the War (1942) The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943) Education for Death (1943) Reason and Emotion (1943)
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