Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
In 1969, Marv Newland, a film student in Los Angeles, created Bambi Meets Godzilla. A 90 second short that shows Disney’s Bambi grazing a field to the accompaniment of Rossini's William Tell, then, without warning, Godzilla’s foot enters the frame, set to the final chord of the Beatles' A Day in the Life, squishing Bambi. According to animation lore, Newland was working on a different, more complex film, but ran out of time and money. With his deadline approaching, he created Bambi […]https://www.communitybroadcasting.network/2026/03/26/bambi-meets-godzilla-1969/







