Description

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The Illusion of Life 2 continues the first volume's pioneering work in the theory of animation. Covering a range of key topics, including post-WWII animation in Japan and the United States, computer animation, games, flight simulation and war, as well as issues of a general theoretical nature, the sixteen essays and introduction provide an abundance of new understandings, approaches, correctives, and challenges to scholars of animation as well as film.

About the Author

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Alan Cholodenko is honorary associate of the Department of Art History and Theory, the University of Sydney. Other contributors include Philip Brophy, Rex Butler, Edward Colless, Ben Crawford, Patrick Crogan, David Ellison, Jane Goodall, Annemarie Jonson, Pauline Moore, Kosei Ono, Fred Patten, Freida Riggs, William D. Routt, William Schaffer, and Richard Thompson.

Praise For…

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"An extremely valuable collection ... the volume's essays contribute greatly to the interdisciplinary discipline of Animation Studies and should be added to the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in thinking through animation both philosophically and theoretically."--Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal