I found out an animated feature film called The Thief and the Cobbler, few months ago. Along with the discovery, I found a blog post by Maxie Zeus that give us some insightful opinions about the film. That is what I am trying to share.
The film was mainly planned and directed by Richard Williams, a famous Canadian animator who is best known for directing Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and also authoring Animator's Survival Kit. The film is known for its notably long and troublesome production times and still technically unfinished.
You can find out about its production in Zeus's blog post:
I watched a version of the film called ReCobbled Cut, which is made by a fun named Garrett Glichrist. The cut supposed to be the closest one to Williams' direction since it is made based on Williams' blueprint. The film, in my opinion, would not have been a commercial success because of its weak storyline and the pacing in the film. While I appreciate the animation a lot in the work, many people who commented on the work on the Internet seem to be over estimating its potential.
In comparison, Maxie Zeus is giving us an intuitive thoughts: Nearly the end of the blog, Zeus asserts that unfinished products tend
to appear as something greater than what they really are in the way the
products spark our imagination. If the work had been released without any problems, people might not regarded it as "a masterpiece" or "legacy". Zeus seems to suggest that it may be better for us not to see the completion of the film so it keeps inspiring us like it did for Aladdin.
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