Transcription: From Sartre to the Hollywood 10, from the Italian neorealist to Simone de Beauvoir, the World War forced artists and philosophers to focus on social responsibility and the necessity of individual political commitment. Warner Brothers launched the animated character Bugs Bunny in 1940, a wisecracking creation of animator Tex Avery. The sly, edgy style of the Warner Brothers cartoons stood out beside the same safer, less confrontational approach of the Disney studio. Citizen Kane, the film debut of 25-year-old Orson Welles, was hailed as a masterpiece for its innovative cinematography and narrat ...