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Oct 8, 2019 · April 9, 2023. 4 stars. The story of teenage girl Darcy who spends most of her time hidden away in a book. Darcy’s mother suffers from compulsive shopping and hoarding, and Darcy copes by getting lost in the words inside her head.
In re-creating the story from the ground up, we elaborated some aspects of the 'Lost thing universe' which could not be entirely expressed within the confines of the original 32-page book. In fact, I always saw the story in my imagination as a short film or theatrical piece, where the book presents us with a set of stills from some larger ...
The story emphasises the importance of curiosity and compassion, as the boy and The Lost Thing move through a montage of the city looking for the right location. The Lost Thing is both an ally to the boy in this world and something to be looked after, akin to a younger sibling.
Feb 28, 2011 · See About archive blog posts. ‘The Lost Thing’ has won the Oscar for animated short film. Directed by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, the short film tells the story of a boy who finds a ...
Mar 1, 2011 · "The Lost Thing": The art in this story is a really amazing collage style, which kept me gazing at the small details of every page, seeing what I could read in the backgrounds and borders. It's also a story of melancholy, where people grow up to a world of numbers and statistics but lose their ability to see unusual things all around them.
Review by EvilMonkeyToes ★★★. This short film can be watched here: The Lost Thing (2010) I really enjoyed the animation in this short film, but I found the story to be a bit underwhelming. I was looking for some deeper significance or meaning--maybe I missed it--but from what I gathered it is the story of a man who helps a lost thing find ...
May 20, 2010 · Comments on The Lost Thing What started out as an amusing nonsensical story soon developed into a fable about all sorts of social concerns, with a rather ambiguous ending. I became quite interested in the idea of a creature or person who really did not come from anywhere, or have an existing relationship to anything, and was ‘just plain lost’.
