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(Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1994), a world history
of the medium published in Italian, English, French, Spanish and
Persian. This book, completely remade and updated, was published
again in 2016 (Animation – A World History, CRC, Boca Raton, Florida,
three volumes). Bendazzi also edited Alexeieff – Itinéraire d’un
maître / Itinerary of a Master (Paris: Dreamland, 2001 in English and
French), devoted to the famous auteur of avant-garde short films. In
2019 the Lisbon University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate for
his lifelong contribution to the animation culture.
Bendazzi‘s prolific written works include live-action cinema, especially
comedy, as shown by his books The Films of Woody Allen
(Fabbri, 1984) and Mel Brooks (Il Formichiere, 1977). His principal
passion and dedication is still animation. To promote this medium
Bendazzi writes books, retrospectives, articles, essays, contributes
to and participates in festivals, delivers lectures, classes and so
on. Giannalberto Bendazzi does not love animation like a collector
loves his stamps or a fan loves his football team. He deeply admires
this art that has always been underestimated, or even neglected,
and therefore deserves special praise.
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