Aren't all artists dependent of some rich guys or rich guy's wifes?
I saw an art exhibition recently, I am not able to buy a 200€ pillow.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Are you not counting claymation? Because i'm sure that Wallace and grommit would like a word.
i don't know the full story but iirc that was how the band Supertramp stayed afloat until they were successful, patronage from some rich guy
Me when people forget about Wallace and Gromit.
Would you like a spot of wensleydale old chum?
Speaking of propping things up - Wensleydale were propped up by Wallace & Gromit.
Yes I heard they were failing until they got the free advertising. Me I'm a Y Fenni fan.
Yeah because the truth is it's actually pretty rubbish cheese. I'm allowed to say that, you can't, but I can.
Yarg best cheese or a blue west country Brie.
Bought some back when I lived in Scotland and Somerfield had a deal on multiple blocks of cheese. Didn't finish it.
If you have the one with cranberries, yes!
If you have one without cranberries, also yes!
Cranberries, and other bits of crap, don't belong in cheese. Have them with your cheers by all means, but not in it. I like tomatoes and olives with a bit of cheese but I won't be buying a cheese that has formed some perverted union with them.
What do you mean „financially successful“? The movie Kubo from 2016 had more revenue than budget. Is that not successful?
It is a damn good movie btw.
https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2016-2/kubo-and-the-two-strings/
Breakdown here.
No, it was a loss.
Isn't that standard Hollywood accounting?
E.g. Return of the Jedi never made a profit either, on paper
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Ah, so basically Marketing is not included in the budget. And theaters take a big cut from the revenue.
Yep. Things we normally don't look at when budget to revenue conversations happen.
wait what.
oh whew i thought you were talking about my buddy who used to be at Will Vinton. he's not rich.
Sounds like the type of things normal dudes say when asked what they'd do if they won the lottery. Maybe Travis is a normal dude under the nepotism?
I think that's what the last section of the post was referencing
yeah, the
reminiscent of how artists previously would be financially supported by wealthy benefactors.
i need to find myself a wealthy benefactor who likes [music form not appreciated outside one town in the eastern US and i like where i live dammit]
I think about this scene so much whenever I'm doing a project
Aardman also produces stop-motion, so it is untrue that Laika is alone.
Not such a positive story for Will Vinton, who had a hostile takeover of his studio, and then was fired and replaced by the new owner’s son.
i was trying to forget the Will Vinton fiasco. I had a friend there.
i heard about this on a podcast. it is great news for stop-motion, and considering how many shitty rich people there are, it's nice to know there's a couple good ones promoting art.
Also their movies are good and all but one of their movies made tens of millions of dollars.
for stop-motion, a very niche art-form, making 10-130 million dollars profit per film is laudable.
went too big with missing link though, which i haven't seen yet.
breaking even with stop motion is laudable. because like we won awards with our films but i think we earned like 5 grand total. we spent way more than that over the years on tacos for the crew alone.
Exactly, making $100 million profit on stop-motion is like feverishly, lovingly crafting a bespoke hot air balloon with a thousand discarded model airplane kits and then realizing you've somehow survived landing on the moon.
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Aardman Animations: excuse me?
Did he fall far away from that shit family tree, or does he have his dad's politics?
I mean at least he's doing something productive with his wealth. That puts him insanely far ahead of most wealth babies.
In a non-cap society, do stop motion movies still get created by enthusiasts?
I think so.
As long as you don’t piss off your patron.
'Propping up the stop motion film industry' is quite the statement. Aardman Animaton has been releasing feature length stop motion movies since 2000 and all have done very well. Also Laika only worked on Corpse Bride of Tim Burton's multiple very successful stop motion movies.
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