A while back I did a 2 part interview with former Thief colleague Tahsin "Tash" Özgür.Dying Messenger (part 1)Dying Messenger (part 2) On his own blog Tash has written a few more posts about his work on the Thief and included Vimeo clips wi…
A while back I did a 2 part interview with former Thief colleague Tahsin "Tash" Özgür.Dying Messenger (part 1)Dying Messenger (part 2) On his own blog Tash has written a few more posts about his work on the Thief and included Vimeo clips wi…
Wow - what a feast!Thanks for taking the time to scan and post all of this, Matt.I remember Dick rolling a huge sheaf of the animation drawings on Bob Godfrey's BBC series, "The Do-it-yourself Animation Show" back in the early '70s. I loved…
That's a good story.It reminds me of a story Dick used to tell about the recording sessions for the brigands. From what I remember he came across several Irish guys, probably in a pub. He invited them to the studio and provided alcohol. Dur…
Cool, I share a birthday with this great man. I'm honoured (I was 45 this year, so I've a way to go yet before achieving his score!) Holger, This may seem a bit off-topic but it relates to Miramax, who owns the rights to the original Thief
What about us how have already read everything? :) This blog is amazing! I can't believe it took so long for me to find it.Quick question...there was this huge image archive for the Thief and the Cobbler that I think I found on one of your
This Nasruddin storyboard is a very interesting find.So I guess after Idries Shah refused Richard permission to use the character of Nasruddin (and doing that about half a decade too late), Richard's renewed concept, starring the previous s…
An interesting train of thought came to me: some of the Nasruddin book artwork looks to me like still pictures from a Jay Ward cartoon. My mind connected Jay Ward with UPA. Then I remembered a Wikipedia statement, and I'm wondering if it's
All the Dying Messenger scenes were animated by Turkish animator Tahsin Özgür, aka Tash. Put together back to back they work like a little short film. I love the irony and black humor. Tash's animation stands out as some of the best work on…
Once again, a very interesting post. A big thank you to Tash and you Holger, for getting him involved.Reading this great blog makes me long for the film to get a proper, restored release. Chances are probably slim, right? Thanks Rafi.A fell…
Youtube has some clips of Richard Williams with Idries Shah viewing Nasrudin animations. Hi, didn't know this was here! I was a runner at Richard's studio 1977-79 (ish). My first job was to help Ken Harris up the stairs and then have the ho…
All the Dying Messenger scenes were animated by Turkish animator Tahsin Özgür, aka Tash. Put together back to back they work like a little short film. I love the irony and black humor. Tash's animation stands out as some of the best work on…