Joe Dante's Battle With Hollywood

Finally someone giving the respect this movie deserves. Shoutout to Brendan Fraser, Hollywood did him dirty

Surprised you didn't mention the Chuck Jones cameo in the beginning of Gremlins! Joe Dante truly showed his admiration for C Jones in every film.

My dad worked on this movie as an animator (animated daffy, casino shots, and much more) Him and all his co-workers were never credited. The making of this film was hell for the animators some times you would take months to finish whole shots just for it to be cut. Workers spent months in the studio Sleeping less then 4 hours a day My dad went through hell for this movie so it's really nice to see people starting to notice this film and liking it

that shot of Elmer Fudd chasing Bugs and Daffy into a Salvador Dali painting and then them all starting to melt into shapes was fantastic. If that is any indication of the rest of it you might be right

"Back in Action is better than Space Jam." My Man!

I honestly wish “What’s Up Flop” was a legit book that I could read. We need more writing examining the history of animation in the 90s, not just the Disney Renaissance.

When I was a kid I was OBSESSED with Back in Action, I would rent it on the video store every single weekend. I loved it. Never understood why people talk about so much about Space Jam but never gave BIA the love it deserves.

Brad Bird's quote about building a team is so on point it almost hurts. Walt Disney didn't start out making feature animated films. there was doubt that such a thing could ever be done in a way that's financially viable. But Disney had a plan. The Silly Symphony shorts became a testing ground for expanding what could be done with narrative through animation. And as the series got further on, the shorts become longer and more elaborate. They used the shorts as a dry run for developing talent and figuring out what needed to come together for shorts. Point is that Bird's right. It was a gradual process that let Disney develop an animation department capable of doing these things. Also, interesting to point out is that Disney almost had to start from scratch all over again in the late 70s and early 80s when Black Cauldron was a huge flop. There was talk about scrapping the animation division all together.

Hearing about Dante's career kind of depresses me. Starting out as a Roger Corman protégé, promoted to a blockbuster filmmaker, and was downgraded to television directing. The man couldn't catch a break. Outside of a couple of independent films and his podcast, we haven't really seen him make a grand comeback like Spike Lee or Clint Eastwood.

I stand by my opinion that the scene in Back in Action where Elmer Fudd is chasing Bugs and Daffy through the Louvre is one of the most masterfully directed scenes in any feature-length American animated film

And now Warner Bros is not crediting a Puerto Rican animator I know for the new Space Jam, even still using frames and designs he worked on.

I’ve always loved Joe Dante’s ability to capture the zaniness and anarchy of cartoons in live action. One can tell he’s quite the anarchic filmmaker and it’s a shame how some of his talents have gone underappreciated. He also made what might be the best movie in a movie ever made: Mant!

6:14 Fun fact, what made the looney Tunes what they are now was exactly that. For a long time no one on the top cared how things were been done, they let the animators and directors do as they wanted, and the characters they wanted to do. I feel like now there are too many restrictions, and to keep the magic of this characters is a struggle, and a lost fight, because they are never going to find the same freedom to be absolutly anarchist.

That Back in Action is "more seamless" than Roger Rabbit is not nearly as impressive given the advent of digital compositing. The fact that Roger Rabbit is 100% analog.. even the character shading... still puts it head and shoulders above any other animation / live action hybrid. Also, the fact that the Humans in Roger Rabbit are just as interesting as the toons (especially Hoskins) is a triumph.

You should talk about the 2005 Blue Sky animated film, Robots. There’s VERY little info about what happened during the development, and production of the film.

Literally yesterday I was telling my friend Back in Action is better than the first Space Jam

Glad you shined a light on Joe Dante,... an 80s nostalgic director, that was mostly shunned by Hollywood,... He deserved better... Innerspace is my favourite of his....

"Back in Action is better than Space Jam" THANK YOU

Dude you just talked me into a Joe Dante directed Deadpool 3.

In the history of all Looney Tunes... Bugs not only defends Daffy, but acknowledged he needs him! That was the #1 strongest thing I love & respect about this film! ❤