RIP Richard Williams (1933-2019)

As you all might have heard, and as a few of you still-loyal readers have reminded me, a week ago we lost one of the titans in the world of animation. On August 16, 2019, Richard Williams passed away at the age of 86. I suppose it's meaningless that I will be writing this over a week after his death, but given the stature as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the world of animation, I'll be remiss if I didn't leave something on my blog, especially given that Williams has won an Oscar in this very category.

Best Animated Short - 1972 (NSFW)

Well, it doesn't seem like it'll ever get here, but we are on our 40th review. That means we are officially halfway done with reviewing these Oscar nominated shorts! Sure, it took eight months, but it sure as heck doesn't feel that long. And guess what? We still have pitiful page views! Hooray! I'd like to thank my loyal readers, all three of them that I know of: my sisters (one of whom says she mostly skims the reviews) and Christopher Sobieniak. Man, I suck at advertising my blog. I tell people about it but they don't read it.

Meh, but we're halfway through the reviews. We've gone too far to just give up! So let's keep forging on. We are now at 1972, which is a significant year because it saw the introduction of one of the monumental films in American cinematic history...The Godfather