It’s time to return… to the mind of Don Hertzfeldt. The acclaimed, award-winning animation filmmaker is ready to debut his latest short film. It’s titled Me and it’s launching on Vimeo to watch later this week – after playing at film festivals including Overlook Film Festival, Chicago Critics Film Festival, and a few others. Me is a 22-minute musical odyssey about trauma, technology, and the retreat of humanity into itself. Described as a “mysterious new musical.” Not much more is known beyond that, but reviews do add a bit of detail. One explains: “We are in a representation of a world we are familiar with, there is a narrative but it is more of a parable, and what we are shown is personal and political. Things are bleak and depressing, but occasionally beauty and hope break through our cacophony of suffering…. It was funny and sad, and it made me want to cling onto what I love.” Yep, sounds like a Don Hertzfeldt film for sure! I’m a fan of all of Hertzfeldt’s other shorts (like World of Tomorrow, It’s Such a Beautiful Day) and I’ll definitely be watching this one as well. // Continue Reading ›
