Bruno Napoli
The Black Cauldron, 1985
pencil on thin cardboard
30 x 41.5 cm
Preliminary artwork created by Napoli for the official poster of the film "Taron and the Magic Pot," the 25th Disney Classic directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1985. Cult film among Disney fans and cornerstone of the fantasy animation, at the time of its release it was the most expensive animated feature film ever made and the first to use computer graphics (CGI) for some scenes. The work, highly controversial due to its themes and many horror scenes, revolutionized the world of animation and was a source of inspiration for many directors, including Tim Burton who worked on it as art director.
