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How 'Bambi' paved the way for both 'Fallout 4' and 'Angry Birds'

  • Written by Adam Bargteil, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageRealistic and stylized at the same time.Disney

When “Bambi” premiered in London on August 9, 1942, the fifth film from Walt Disney Animation Studios broke a lot of new ground. It was the first Disney film in which a character’s parent dies early in the film – which is now a common plot device, as in “The Lion...

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