While `` Oliver & Company '' and next feature animation , `` The Little Mermaid '' , were in production , Disney collaborated with Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment and master animator Richard Williams to produce film.film_crew_gig Who Framed Roger Rabbit '' , a groundbreaking live action/animation hybrid directed by Robert Zemeckis which featured licensed animated characters from other animation studios .

The problem for these directors is that they are just too rich , too well-connected and too self-aware to produce film.film_crew_gig that are truly spit and chewing gum , bleeding-edge like Eric Nicholas ' `` Alone With Her '' , Vincent Gallo 's `` The Brown Bunny '' or Shane Carruth 's `` Primer '' —films most Americans will never see . ''