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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The news for us today, of course, is dominated by the death of Ollie Johnston, the last of the Nine Old Men. The two best tributes can be found here and here.
This is truly sad news, I met Ollie and Frank back in 1994 when they came out to Australia to promote the release of BAMBI on video. I was just starting out and they asked me about what I wanted to do in the animation industry, and I mentioned how I was really interested in story. And there eyes lit up as they began to tell me about Walt as a story teller.
That was very insightful and inspirational, I felt very privileged to have that one on one. Thank you Ollie and yes thank you Frank. Farewell for now.
The news for us today, of course, is dominated by the death of Ollie Johnston, the last of the Nine Old Men. The two best tributes can be found here and here.
This is truly sad news, I met Ollie and Frank back in 1994 when they came out to Australia to promote the release of BAMBI on video. I was just starting out and they asked me about what I wanted to do in the animation industry, and I mentioned how I was really interested in story. And there eyes lit up as they began to tell me about Walt as a story teller.
ReplyDeleteThat was very insightful and inspirational, I felt very privileged to have that one on one. Thank you Ollie and yes thank you Frank. Farewell for now.
Thanks for mentioning Ollie...
ReplyDeleteHere's my own little tribute.