I'd like to offer my enthusiastic, hearty congratulations to
Shaun Tan of
The Arrival fame and Andrew Ruhemann for
winning the Oscar for best animated short film. It's not every day I get to see an author I really
really admire accepting a prestigious award for something that is not at all literary (or even something in the "best screenplay" realm).
Back when I first read
The Arrival, I found myself repeatedly comparing it to a silent film. It would appear that Mr Tan is just as adept at animating actual films as he is at drawing wonderful, wordless books. I very much look forward to seeing "The Lost Thing".
Once more, congratulations!
Well done, Shaun Tan! I sort of almost wish I'd watched the Oscars now!
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