Posts tagged original

Posts tagged original

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s been treated unfairest of them all…

I love to think that everything that happened with the release of the lanterns on Rapunzel’s eighteenth birthday – all that love and hope and compassion – happened every time she watched from the tower, too.
An homage to Rapunzel’s hair. Concept art by Glen Keane.

Mont St. Michel in Normandy, France, inspired our castle in “Tangled.” It sits out in the bay surrounded by water and feels so very fairy tale-like. When I visited it I knew this has to be the kingdom that Rapunzel will someday be Queen of. -GLEN KEANE
Rapunzel is my favorite Disney Princess because she has…

It was a big change to go from being influenced by Rembrandt to being influenced by Cinderella. –STEVE GOLDBERG, VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
[Directors] Byron and Nathan weren’t looking at classical sources, so much as they were looking at this story being a Disney fairy tale. Their basis for the art approach became other Disney fairy tales – they really wanted to tap into that Disney feel and look. –ROY CONLI, PRODUCER
(Credit: The Smokin’ Smolder)
At Disney, you’re constantly referencing or furthering an idea generation to generation. We are … a Disney film being influenced by previous films. –DOUG ROGERS, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

With apologies to “The Princess Bride.”