The last film produced by Uncle Walt, The Jungle Book is cinema’s most triumphant swan-song; an intoxicating cocktail of the all-inclusive Disney dazzle which refuses to wither with age. If Bambi is the wartime outpouring of Walt’s dark heart, then this is his universal masterpiece. Widely namechecked by our generation of ’toonsmiths as the definitive touchstone of their artform, the joys of TJB go way beyond just a bunch of pretty drawings.
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