Tag: Don Hertzfeldt

REVIEW: World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime [2020]

Jared Mobarak

Will you be the one to discover my dead body? After two introspective science fiction gems that took us on journeys of self-discovery within the subconscious, filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt decides to take World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime in a different direction. That’s not to say the third part of this series isn’t deep, though, as there’s a lot to be said about love and longing and jealousy. Rather than lean on dialogue via a brilliant back and forth between a child’s endearing innocence and…

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REVIEW: World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts [2017]

Jared Mobarak

The closer I look at things, the less I know. While Third Generation Emily told Emily Prime (Winona Mae) that they wouldn’t see each other again due to the impending doom of her world, she said nothing about whether other subsequent versions of herself would. The assumption is that she’d have remembered when Emily 6 (Julia Pott) visited since the event would have been stored in her memory due to everything that happens to Emily Prime already having happened before Third Generation Emily was cloned. The occurrence wouldn’t have been…

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REVIEW: World of Tomorrow [2015]

Jared Mobarak

“I had lunch today” Animator/writer/director Don Hertzfeldt includes a wealth of philosophically introspective gems within his latest sci-fi short World of Tomorrow. None, however, is more poignant than: “That is the thing about the present, Emily Prime. You only appreciate it when it is the past.” Truer words have never been spoken because so many of our greatest moments prove mere blips on our radar upon occurring. Those we celebrate like earning a promotion or winning the big game are fleeting and ultimately meaningless in context with who we are…

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VIDEO: Don Hertzfeldt Simpsons Couch Opening

Jared Mobarak

An Oscar-nominated animated film director for the fantastic Rejected, Don Hertzfeldt became the newest artist to try their hand at making the usually brilliant opening couch gags on “The Simpsons” even more brilliant. A futuristic, surrealistic, insanely unique look at everyone’s favorite Prime Time family, Hertzfeldt delivers exactly what you’d expect from him and yet still makes it wholly unexpected. Check it out below:

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