Almost everyone has seen the classic movie, but when I was growing up, I also devoured the Wizard of Oz books. Not enough people know that L. Frank Baum wrote a baker’s dozen more Oz books, and they get weirder as they go on — including such themes as the humanity of a robot and transgender identity. I am not kidding.
One of the subplots that stuck with me was the backstory of the Tin Man. There’s not much in the movie about how he lost his heart, but there’s a bit more in the book, and in a later book, it’s actually explored in a little more depth.
And now, there’s a movie — a 22-minute Internet short done by Whitestone Motion Pictures:
They’ve also got a load of behind-the-scenes stuff on their website.
Grant Hamilton
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