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| Saludos Amigos, 1942 |
This 43-minute animated feature is Walt Disney's contribution to the wartime "Good Neighbor Policy" between the USA and Latin America. Opening with live-action footage of Disney and his staff (referred to by the narrator as a "group of artists and musicians") heading off to South America to glean material for a new cartoon project, the film then segues into the misadventures of American tourist Donald Duck at Lake Titicaca. Moving down to Chile, the audience is entertained by the story of Pedro the little airplane, who vows to deliver the mail through the treacherous mountain ranges between Santiago and Mendoza. In the Argentine Pampas, our old friend Goofy tries to acclimate himself to the life of a Gaucho. The best sequence is reserved for last: the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, with an animated paintbrush guiding Donald Duck and his South American counterpart Jose Carioca on a surrealistic, samba-rhythmed tour of Brazil.Saludos Amigos is an informative cartoon of the early ages that introduces to the culture of Latin American in four short different segments. If you want to know and see what the artists do for a living like me, you will want to check out this movie.
It starts out with live action documentary style with a narrator explaining the journey to Latin America. It has a lot funny puns throughout the 40 minute film, so I did enjoy that. What I found interesting was in the second segment of the movie the narrator introduces to Pedro the airplane and he reminded me of Dusty in Planes.
Although it does not have anything as a whole story there are bits and pieces of great informative information and you can also have look on the sketches of the artists of that time. I recommend this to anyone interested in Latin America or in Disney.
Inside Outside Rating: 47%
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