Review of one or more short films
World of Tomorrow - 2015 (dir: Don Hertzfeldt)
World of Tomorrow - 2015 (dir: Don Hertzfeldt)
Don Hertzfeldt’s latest animated short film, World of Tomorrow covers an astonishing
amount of ground in its taut 16 minute runtime, and does so with aplomb. We
follow a young girl, Emily, as she is contacted by a third-generation clone of
herself from 227 years in the future, who takes Emily on a journey through her
life as she reflects on significant events during it. Through covering such
themes as humanity’s pursuit of immortality, nostalgia, love, loneliness and
the grand scope of space, Hertzfeldt has created an astounding film that is
melancholic and deeply sad whilst still being very funny and a complete joy to
view. It seems impossible for a film to include all of this whilst still being complete and satisfying, but World of Tomorrow somehow manages incredibly.
Whilst he keeps his trademark simplistic animation style,
Hertzfeldt creates a beautiful vision of space and the future, erupting with
colour and beauty. Each and every shot is just gorgeous and makes the film a
visual delight. Combined with its endlessly creative story full of wit and
poignancy and some great voice acting from Hertzfeldt’s own niece as Emily and
Julia Potts as the deadpan older clone of her, World of Tomorrow is an incredible piece of short filmmaking that
stays with you long after you have finished watching.
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