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[filkertom]

In case you hadn't heard, a warehouse filled with three decades of sets, storyboards, models, sketches, and other Aardman Animations history burned this morning.

Everyone's trying to keep a stiff upper lip -- Nick Park himself said "Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal."

But it is.

And I'm trying not to go over the losses in my head, because I will just break down and cry.

Nobody was hurt. That's the most important thing, always will be. And their animations are pretty much all on DVD. All that was lost is Stuff. I know it's only Stuff. I know.

But god dammit.

Comments

[kshandra]

Yeah. That.

[ddrussianinja.livejournal.com]

Wow...

I remember I once went to a big Aardman film festival where they premiered A Close Shave. There was so much in the collection, I had no idea. It's so said hearing that most of what made all that is gone. Well, it could have been worse. Nick Park could have burned in a fire.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Well... They'll just have to rebuild, won't they?

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

I thought Nick Parks comments were extremely diplomatic. The man shines.

[aylinn.livejournal.com]

*blink*

oh wow.

*cries*

[tfabris.livejournal.com]

I've heard a rumor that it was the evil penguin from "Wrong Trousers" that did it.

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the way I felt when the reports came out that Munch's "Scream" had been burned by the art thieves. Sure, it's just Stuff... but it's not just Stuff. It's Art. And that kind of thing isn't supposed to happen to Art, dammit. Thankfully, we still have the videos, just like we still have the photographs and posters of Scream...

All the same, I agree with Mr Park. That kind of thing isn't supposed to happen to people, either. Sigh.

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

Sad, but yeah, it's still just things, not people. People can continue to create things. Doesn't seem to work the other way.

(And I just saw _Curse of the Were-Rabbit_ today and deeply adored it.)