FUCKING MONEY!!!

March 1, 2005 12:06 AM

Ryan, the Oscar winner for Best Short Film, is a canadian 3d and 2d animated masterpiece. I wish I could provide more than the material already provided by Andy Baio, but I just felt like you all should see this. It's the true story of Ryan Landis, a brilliant artist devastated by the real world. It's also the story of his impact on the director. That really doesn't do it justice. Please just click. apology inside
posted by shmegegge (21 comments total)

sorry if this falls into the GYOBF category. I honestly just wanted to share it with the community. Any personal touches are more a symptom of my own inability to properly emphasize how incredible this short is.

Also, this is via waxy. Forgot to throw it in there before posting.
posted by shmegegge at 12:08 AM on March 1, 2005

LARKIN!!! fuck. sorry. his last name is larkin.
posted by shmegegge at 12:13 AM on March 1, 2005

Sorry bud. Already seen it.
posted by spaghetti at 12:20 AM on March 1, 2005

why on earth didn't mefi pick it up? sorry. delete.
posted by shmegegge at 12:28 AM on March 1, 2005

For something like this, it helps to search the base url (nfb.ca) just to see what comes up. If it's the New York Times you're linking to, it may not be that helpful, but in this case it returns the previous post right away.
posted by spaghetti at 12:37 AM on March 1, 2005

I watched it with coffee this morning; it is great.
posted by wsg at 1:05 AM on March 1, 2005

Searching on "Ryan" turns up the previous post(s) as well (both if you do it from day one).
posted by dabitch at 1:07 AM on March 1, 2005

It always helps to try scrolling down the front page.
posted by Plinko at 1:40 AM on March 1, 2005

ha. yeah. I was/am very tired. was a stupid mistake. sorry. really can't wait for this to be deleted so I can pretend like it never happened.
posted by shmegegge at 2:52 AM on March 1, 2005

I mean, got the guy's name wrong, forgot the via link, moderately gyob AND a double post?

worst.
post.
ever.
posted by shmegegge at 2:53 AM on March 1, 2005

:)) Well, at least you're taking it well, right? Here, have another pint.
posted by dabitch at 3:02 AM on March 1, 2005

At any rate, I missed it the first time, so I'm glad I caught it today. Amazing.
posted by lobstah at 5:19 AM on March 1, 2005

I missed it last time. thanks for the post.
posted by Outlawyr at 5:24 AM on March 1, 2005

Oscar for Best Short Animated Film. (And numerous other prices.)
posted by kika at 5:32 AM on March 1, 2005

Did anyone note that it's a double :p
posted by DBAPaul at 6:02 AM on March 1, 2005

didn't see the first posting so i'm glad i caught this because the animation is a real work of genius. quite beautiful and poignant.
posted by gallois at 6:10 AM on March 1, 2005

I missed it the first time, too. Thanks for posting it. DBAPaul, scroll up. Yes, it was noticed.
posted by yoga at 6:50 AM on March 1, 2005

Am I the only one that saw GYOBF and read "Get Your Own BoyFriend"?


Yes.
Yes I am.
posted by cyphill at 9:10 AM on March 1, 2005

Cyphill: No. No, you're not, embarrassingly enough.
posted by UncleDave at 10:57 AM on March 1, 2005

They took down the movie! I watched it just this morning, and I was going to show my dad, but they've taken it down. Does anybody have a backup?
posted by buriednexttoyou at 1:51 PM on March 1, 2005

err, yeah, i'd really like to see this, too. anyone know of a mirror?
posted by jimmy at 3:16 PM on March 1, 2005