{"id":19499,"date":"2015-03-31T07:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=19499"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:24:58","slug":"hertzfeldt-world-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/hertzfeldt-world-of-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Hertzfeldt’s WORLD OF TOMORROW – Director Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE 26\/09\/2022 – Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow<\/i> is now available to watch in full<\/a> via the director’s YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don Hertzfeldt<\/a> is easily one of modern independent animation\u2019s true heroes. On top of an established career producing some truly brilliant short film work \u2013 such as his student short <\/i>Billy\u2019s Balloon<\/a> (1998), the gleefully anarchic <\/i>Rejected<\/a> (2001), the stomach-churningly hilarious <\/i>Wisdom Teeth<\/a> and many more \u2013 his independent feature <\/i>It\u2019s Such A Beautiful Day<\/a> (2013) stands out as a brilliantly-conceived portrait of a man whose ailing health and life story is moving to a point that transcends its brilliantly simple and typically Hertzfeldtian stick-figure design style. As well as more abstract work in films like <\/i>The Meaning of Life<\/a>, his triumphant <\/i>Simpsons<\/a> opening credits<\/a> stint and the must-own graphic novel The End of the World<\/a>, Don has recently completed a new short film that both premiered and won<\/a> at this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival.
\n<\/i><\/i><\/strong>Having enjoyed much acclaim since, <\/i>World of Tomorrow<\/a> is today released online via Vimeo\u2019s On-Demand service, a platform that launched with the release of <\/i>It\u2019s Such a Beautiful Day in April 2013. The film, the first of Hertzfeldt’s to be produced entirely digitally, tells the story of Emily, a child who receives a communication from a future, third-generation clone of herself, informing her of the life journey and vast array of societally ‘beneficial’ technological developments that lie ahead. Wittily combining style motifs from his recent <\/i>Simpsons opener, visual concepts from <\/i>End of the World and his instantly identifiable character animation style, the film more than lives up to its reputation as one of his best works to date.\u00a0 Skwigly is proud to welcome Don Hertzfeldt to the site and learn more about his latest work.<\/i>
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