Saludos Amigos (1942)

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Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it is one of the famous Disney Classics, I was still eager to check it out. In fact, I thought I already saw it but I confused it with ‘The Three Caballeros’ released around the same time. Both movies have many similarities as they don’t have one storyline but are composed of sketches all dealing with South American (Apparently, t... read more

Less a movie than a series of cutesy vignettes, these add up to something close to a travelogue, but not a very good one. Granted, with the power and artistry of the Disney animation branch behind it even the lesser moments are extremely well done. The intention of the film was to bolster friendly relations between the Allies and Latin American, but Saludos Amigos (Hello Friends, in English) is ac... read more

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; "Pedro" tells of a little mail plane's adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; "El Gaucho Goofy" transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine pampas; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sounds of Rio de Janiero