#316 - Disney's Xanadu (Patreon)

In the final months of his life, Walt Disney devoted much of his energy to designing a new kind of American city that he hoped would be a model for the future. Though E.P.C.O.T. ("Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow") would never be fully realized, Disney's plan for a monopolistic controlled community remains a stunning vision of a world where capitalism outlasts democracy. We watched Disney's 1966 pitch film for his insane project. PLUS: how Martin Scorsese nearly cost Disney a relationship with China.

Walt Disney's E.P.C.O.T film (1966) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCHg9mUBag

"Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches" by James Vincent - https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937210/disney-residential-communities-storyliving-cotino-planned-town