WORLD OF TOMORROW by DON HERTZFELDT
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2022
- A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future. 2016 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film.
World of Tomorrow Episodes Two and Three are now streaming on Vimeo: vimeo.com/donhertzfeldt/vod_p...
All of the films are also now available on Blu-ray: www.bitterfilms.com/bluray.html - Krátké a kreslené filmy
> Ask confusing question to an adult
> Do a little wiggle
> Refuse to elaborate
chad
Not everyday when an artist posts an absolute masterpiece of cinema on their CZcams channel for free, but today happens to be one of those days.
Where i live we have a art contemporary but when i look at the artists they get often they never wanna show there films
Like i saw one short how they told a story where a crime was solve by looking at visual sound of a gunshot
But when i search the artist there was no way to ever seeing this unless they happen to show the film at another showing
Wiggle wiggle wiggle
Today, I am one of the lucky ten thousand.
@@AJNoon Thank you for telling me this. I don't think I realized there was a distinction.
@@AJNoon thanks mr Oxford
"Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." I genuinely think this quote changed my life
And Emily's response. "Okay."
Mine too. I wrote it down and carry the note in my wallet.
Me too 😭❤️
it was my senior quote in high school
Point is, idk if author meant it or didn’t but I found it extremely ironic.
The point of this quote is it is made by future Emily, the one without a soul, purpose and thus life, by taking life seriously we devoid ourselves from it.
So no, live the way you intend just be wary of future and its implications. At least it is valid in the world of tomorrow, unlike how it is there, in real life the quote is applicable and is generally an obvious remark you can leave for a fellow mortal.
"I do not have the mental or emotional capacity to deal with his loss. But sometimes, I sit in a chair late at night and quietly feel very bad. When the night is at its most quiet, I can hear death. I am very proud of my sadness because it means I am more alive."
God idk why this hits me so hard but it really does.
this literally resonates with the quote of "Grief comes in different ways" and i kind of dig it
Wow
Was mildly amused by this video until this line came on, at which point I started crying out of nowhere and had to pause it for several minutes. Hit me like a goddamn truck.
It does
“You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.”
I won’t lie; this line has seriously kept me going when I was especially depressed and borderline suicidal.
😮yes😊
Ha, if only I could be dead right now, I'm envious of the peace of death
Not to be a downer, but the dead don't envy. One could say that death is the absence of everything, including envy and suffering.
But I try not to think about this, because I struggle with the desire to live as well. I live with the hope that I'm wrong about the world.
I think there's alot of dead people alive (in a spiritual sens). Just like Future Emily lost her mind, many people loss their health to dementia or head issue only to become shells of their former selves.
“Sometimes I sit by myself at night and quietly feel very bad”
Damn I felt that
I did to, here..have a virtual hug
@@Marchoupi thanks :)
Sometimes?
Hardcore same
"i am very proud of my sadness, because it means that i am more alive."
When she was saying “I’m walking with mommy!” I started to tear up. There something innately personal about the memories one has of their childhood, even if they’re universal amongst most people.
I lost my mother a few weeks ago. I'm in my forties and I thought I had used up my tear reserves already - just watched this for the first time tonight, and that exact part made me dissolve into a sobbing garden sprinkler all over my keyboard ........
@@derp4428 I’m sorry for your loss man, I lost my pops when I was 16. Perhaps that’s why stuff like this video is so inherently impactful to us. This art definitely captures the sense of beauty that lies in the transience of life.
@@TheJackster-tl8oi thank you for your kind words. And I definitely agree these things changes us when they happen. Before I lost my dad more than 20 years ago, nothing really affected me emotionally and especially not sad stuff. Back then I couldn't relate to it, now is a whole different ballgame ...
@@derp4428 tragedy is a terrible thing, but sometimes it can make us approach life with a smile and an open heart, where we once were pensive and cautious. I hope your relationship with your mother and father is one you can look back and smile on.
@@derp4428i wish much love to you and yours ❤
God I love that the Emily clone has a very robotic monotone voice until at 12:53 when Emily prime asks what was in the sky and the clone, who has already stated what they were, repeats it in a slightly frustrated tone, showing that she has still a shred of human emotion still in her. God what an incredible piece of art.
Also her drawing a goofy snake boy for no real reason lol
*dead* *bodies* lol
There's also the subtle appreciation for the sublime beauty of the event, even though the context was so dark, the human spirit still showed the ability to see beauty
Her voice also cracks when she says goodbye
_”Dead bodies!”_ is still my favorite line from this film
Emily prime's ignorance to the weird events happening around her is simultaneously hilarious, horrific, and adorable.
Same with infants here πwπ
and beautiful!
Tbf Emily Prime here only a little girl so made sense she ignorance of what’s happening (you know like an actual toddler) and asked confusing questions to her clone since her clone may reminded her of her mom. Funny enough Emily was voice by Don niece when he play with her and let her do her own thing while he wrote story around her imagination.
i think she's supposed to be the audience perspective
I always tear up when the line, “I no longer fall in love with rocks,” is delivered.
She says it like something that used to bring her joy no longer does. Like she laments no longer falling in love with rocks
@@katie-ampersand And it’s heartbreaking.
@@Umbra16 why like I honestly don't get it
@@subzu2733 Think of, like, your favorite song, or your favorite movie. Or maybe of someone you really love. Just think of something/someone that really makes you happy
Now imagine that one day, you become entirely disinterested in that person or that object
@@katie-ampersand oh yep I get it now that hurts lol
The way how the Emily Clone softly breaks her voice after saying “goodbye” to her is such a small detail but it makes all the more impactful.
yes i noticed it too
I recall watching this on Netflix when I was 15, sitting on the couch at 2am sobbing my eyes out. This was something so profound to me, I loved it so much. I loved how little stick figures could make me feel so much. Thank you for this work of art, thank you for making something that has inspired me to this day. I think this will be something I come back to every now and again, each time a different understanding. Thank you.
ME TOO
wtf@@wawawawawa8009
Gay
@@cameroncole3655 I'm happy for you.
"But the robots were too expensive to remove. To this day, they are still in perpetual movement across the sunlight. With no more work to do, no more tasks to accomplish, still living in constant fear of death, and occasionally sending us depressed poetry."
Absolutely sublime.
I get Douglas Adams vibes from that.
This infinite existentialism reminds me of something I read many years ago. two conscious minds stuck forever in the eternity of the universe.
I can't remember the story, but the idea of 'being' forever, lonely, felt familiar here.
I think it’s an Isaac Asimov story, about two immortal minds remembering what it is like to be human.
I remember watching this when I was little! I never realized how masterful this was
@@markdickson308 Do you know the name of the story? Can't find it.
Don will just casually drop one on the most profound, funny, and heartfelt pieces of art for free in the form of a 16 minute video, and I will always be grateful for that
I never would have thought the statement "I no longer fall in love with rocks" could be so profound and deep.
@@thetruesoml2118 I used to live in Skid Row. I no longer fall in love with rocks.
Wait.. that was 16 minutes?! Felt like only a few. He really outdid himself here.
It's sort of funny how the limitations of a chosen medium can make you appreciate small details much more.
I absolutely love the small shift of the little girls eyes when she finishes her little diatribe at 6:45 implying that she's throwing shade at future Emily for talking too much (which is something that a very young child would quickly become bored with).
Absolute magic.
"Did you miss me?"
".......yes."
"You missed it. I saw it. You missed it."
The little times where Emily Prime says something simple that accidentally leads to a profound thought. They just make this.
This has so many great lines but, for some reason, "did you miss me? yes" and "I no longer fall in love with rocks" break me so much. I love it.
the "I no longer fall in love with rocks" to me means "I have now found human connection"
The way she delivers "I no longer fall in love with rocks" so softly compared to everything else.
This is an amazing movie.
It's definitely amazing but I can't help to feel like it's missing bleeding anuses, oversized spoons, and/or silly hats.
the way she says “we fell in love” each time, in the same soft voice ❤😢😅❤
Oh cool, the best sci-fi work of our time.
You have impeccable taste as always :)
Thanks for bringing this masterpiece to my attention. Love your vids
Hell yeah Jacob!!!!
blade runner 2049 begs to differ. But this is a close second
oh hi jacob
i cry every time i get to the memory extraction. the idea of such a simple memory driving clone emily to contact emily prime because it's the one thing she can think of to bring herself comfort while faced with her imminent death... heartwrenching.
This makes me think of a very short poem I read a couple of years ago and it didn't make sense to me rationally but I wouldn't forget it. It said: "We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory."
Oh well.
Very powerful quote, it definitely has the same message as this video
“I am very proud of my sadness, because it means I am more alive.”
God that gives me chills, makes me tear up. Just wonderful.
that line never fails to make me cry
I no longer fall in love with rocks.
"I no longer fall in love with rocks." immediately after is the saddest part of that because it means she actually isn't more alive, that's just her lying to herself.
I don’t get that. My sadness sucks, it’s not exhilarating or whatever “alive” is supposed to mean.
Cheers
Those last 20 seconds where it seems like Emily prime didn’t make it to her correct timeline, and it dawns that all the beautiful lives ahead of her will cease to exist, never fail to make my heart jump and eyes well up with tears.
You can tell it’s an amazing film because I absolutely Iaughed out loud at that moment, and probably loved this film as much as you do. The fact that it can be both 100% hilarious and 100% heart-wrenching at the same time, and so well, is amazing.
Beautiful lives? I'm not really sure the future Emily is doin so hot buddy... the future kinda sucks and future Emily is clearly brain damaged beyond repair.
Nah, she had to arrive home, or else Emily IV (or III?) wouldn't have been born in the first place to send Prime around time. Grandfather Paradox, dude! Or great-great-clonemother paradox, same thing.
Well that might be a good thing, the future is shown to be reaaaallllyyyy shitty
That tiny bit at the end made my breath catch. I guess it would have been edgy and cruel to just keep it, but honestly the emotional salvation that happens after the shock is just as valuable. Maybe more, because really it is a positive feeling among the dark themes of the story.
The little Emily honestly has impeccable comedic timing
I’ve never seen any film depict a child so realistically, while having them blend in so naturally with written dialogue. Making her a part of the writing process was brilliant
It’s because it wasn’t even acting. Don just recorded a usual conversation he had with his niece and spliced voice clips together.
"Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well, and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead."
what I particularly like about that moment is that it holds no objective significance, Emily clone could have easily said the opposite, to focus on the little details and not worry about what's to come. but that advice isn't necessarily advice, it's more of a birth rite passed on from Emily to Emily
One of the most impressive things to me is how convincingly little Emmy acts like how a real toddler would act going through this
Oh that's because they got her dialogue by following around a 3 year old girl while she played!
If I remember correctly, he tried to get the girl to say specific lines and wasn't happening so he had to work around the responses. I wonder what was changed.
@@christiansanchez2663 it has a lid on it and you take it off
I wouldnt be surprised if the “theres something in my museum !” line was completely improv and the scene was just built around it LOL
Not everyday that you get to watch an Oscar nominated movie on CZcams
Yes
11:53 Emily undid her third generation clone with 3 words that any child could have uttered. To have found herself in such a spot that such a simple observation of the facts breaks her as an adult.
The way emilly 3rd express herself implies that the amount of sadness in this loss is literally unreachable for her
Not even unable to deal, but unreachable to process
Man.
she blinks like david did
Teared up when she said
"I missed something deeper."
"Did you miss me?"
"Yes."
Emily prime can't comprehend how wise of a question she's just proposed but it rings true. Something about it made me teary.
Oh god....!!!
You just blown my mind.
Also I didn't comprehend that.
You just fucking opened my eyes and now im here crying...
Hay carajo...
The little single eyebrow raise when Emily 3 extracts the memory of “This is me and mommy walking” from Emily Prime. Been crying for 5 minutes.
“A wainbow! ❤”
"you didn't see it, but I did" almost made me cry because my daughter has said almost that exact thing to me.
Fuckin hell...I somehow missed that the first time I saw this years ago. I read your comment before watching this again and was like, "Huh...I wonder what eyebrow raise the comment meant?"
Then I saw it and holy fuck. Who knew those 2 seconds of animation with the eyebrow could be so gut wrenching!? 😢
whoever that kid voice actor is needs a lot more credit than she’s getting
don't quote me on this but I read somewhere that's it's his niece and he recorded her just speaking to him.
@@captainalieth oh didn't hear it was her speaking normally. I've heard he directed her a little but used whatever she said in the film to make it seem more natural. I love she's so damn cute
Yeah, apparently Don Hertzfeldt recorded his 4 year old niece playing and coloring for sever hours and wrote the script around some of her dialogue.
@@pravkdey 'wiggle, wiggle' :D
How much credit is she currently getting?
The kid who voices baby emily did a great job, her voice is so cute
Fun fact she wasnt really acting! I'm pretty sure the girl is Don's neice and most of Emily's lines are just clips from recordings of them spending time together. Its really juet a kid having fun and thats why it's so perfect
"This is me and mommy walking."
Reminds me of a single moment in my childhood, waayy before my long-term memory worked properly. I was walking at a mall, each of my hands were holding my father's and mother's hand. There wasn't any deeper significance, it was just a memory of me walking in the mall holding mom and dad's hands. Not even them remembers it, that's how insignificant that moment is.
Yet the memory lingers within me, perhaps it was my subconscious aching to relive it, just like Emily 3rd
Many moments to a kid are significant while the parents are oblivious to them. I have an intensely sad one from around age 3 or 4, crushingly disappointed because I'd cut a paper bird thingy wrong. It's very clear, I was to cut around it with scissors, following the line. Following. The. Line. But there was also a line up the center (for folding). Tiny me cut that line too. Mom says, "Oh, you've ruined it. Oh well.", and in my memory throws it away. I was crushed, and can feel it today. Probably she taped it up, but I don't remember. I think it's the source of my perfectionism even today, or maybe it's just an example of how I already thought. Unclear. But it's such a damn vivid memory for me. She had no recollection of it at all.
@@jerrygrimes8813 all of my memory from those times are either from a perspective that aren't even my own (Third Person Perspective), Silent or just abnormal (it feels like one of those movies flashback, it's so quick but so long as the same time)
everyday some line or moment from this movie comes to mind, especially the bit around 2:53 - “our more recent history is comprised of people watching view screens.” I think about this a lot. Such a masterpiece.
"I no longer fall in love with rocks" 12:22
@@Xa_El_ *Bawls*
Do you like my cars??
A poignant reminder that life is worth experiencing firsthand.
This is one of those thing everyone should see/experience.
Thanks, Jesus
Appreciate it Jesus
Cheers, Jesus
So true, Jesus
Thank you Jesus bless
"It is easy to get lost in memories" is my absolute favorite line from this entire production. It says so much in such a simple way. I live this, and I love this.
"I loved him as if we were originals..." I cannot express how much this short animated film has meant to me in my life.
"This is- this is me, and mommy... this is me and mommy walking... this is me and mommy walking."
I'm not crying. You're crying.
I was, yes.
Taking that memory from her seems absolutely horrific to me. Emily 3 in her dying days took a memory from but a child that would cause anguish to 3 generations of the same person. That feels wrong and awful and she just repeated it
@@Sleeper_6875 i dont think she removed it
@@comradeScallion and why Emily 3 did not have that memory? Emily took it from her younger self herself and didn't get her memory back until then.
@@sebastiansanudo4904 Probably due to deterioration of the mind. Remember that every time a person is cloned their bodies deteriorate. That includes the memories as well.
Yet... it feels like she took it from her.
I just did a presentation on Hertzfeldt in my animation class less than 2 hours ago. If this had been posted an hour earlier I would’ve included it in full in my presentation. So glad it’s accessible for free now so more people can see this beautiful art!
Did you watch part 2 & 3?
honestly, this could fit pretty well on Love Death + Robots, it's a perfect mix of animation, humor, sci fi and thought provoking storyline.
I just watched this with my boyfriend and it prompted a long conversation about the value of living in the present and appreciating each day we're alive together. It's wonderful how art connects people and makes us think those deep thoughts.
This animation is so important to me. I really need to buy Don Hertzfeld's other works if they're anywhere near as thought provoking as World of Tomorrow.
i personally believe “it’s such a beautiful day” is his best work
i personally believe “it’s such a beautiful day” is his best work
agreed
"Live well and live broadly.
You're alive and living now.
Now is the envy of all of the dead."
To this day, this line makes my heart tremble. I cannot explain why.
I quote this line all the time.
It's very motivating.
It gives your life meaning, that's why. It's such a powerful message.
Okay 👌
very Anne Sexton
i can, and it’s because it fucking rules. hit me so hard the first time i heard it that i stopped and wrote it down
I remember fondly being in film class my first year of college at Edinboro U PA, and my professor played your "Everything Will be OK". Of course being the generation that grew up with newgrounds and funnyjunk, I saw your original stuff(the rejects). I was blown away strangely when I saw your larger work. Then another professor of mine in animation played it as well to teach us the flip-page animation, the whole class was flip-page and he made us go through your stuff again. Now here I am at home, turning 30 soon and still watching your animations. Your videos spark memories that take me way back in time over the years. Funny how life works like that lol thank you for what you put out into the world, and as I comment it might not get seen but idc, I'm building a new memory right now and sharing it with my husband
edinboro gaaaaaaang
oh my god i found another edinboro person lets goooo
lets go Lancers!
I like that. Seeing our old memelords grow up and think about the same things we are, also feels a little like clone time travel. Really adds nuance to the nostalgia wave we're experiencing.
I did see your coment and enjoyed your little life tour. I have never seen this and probably couldn't recognize any other work done by this artist, but I find it intriguing we both share this memory in our lives in a completely different way. I enjoyed this story and yours as wll, thank you for sharing and say hi to your hubby from a complete stranger. Peace and enjoy your future.
Dropped out, but ultimately glad I had the experience of going to Edinboro as well. Doing art projects in Doucette was an especially fond memory.
I remember discovering your videos over 10 years ago. here I am, 10 years later. a battle of cancer older and still crying to the things you have to say.
thank you, Don.
Are you okay now?
@@chopstickingstylus I think so!
''I do not have the mental or emotional capacity to deal with his loss, but sometimes late at night I quietly sit in a chair and feel very bad'' OMG...this got me good it seems .. i do miss my friend
This is an absolute masterpiece. A feast for the mind and eyes. Humor seamlessly blended into some of the deepest philosophical concepts is a region few dare to tread. Your channel may very well be the first I've ever subscribed to so many years ago with rejected and look forward to every bit you so graciously share with me. Thank you 💗
mah spoon is too big - yes yes i knew of rejected way before it came on adult swim, low quality .mpg files i still remember ah, L'Amour
Spoonman, come together with you're hand. Oh save me, armed together with you're plan! Yeah wooooh!
This is too good, it’s addictive at this point. Every time I rewatch I notice a new thing, no media has done this for me in years. I will be purchasing the full blue ray set at my earliest economic convenience. I look forward to watching the next two episodes and sharing this experience with my family.
It's weird to think that Emily Prime doesn't seem like she's paying attention but her future clone remembers the advice that was given. Does that mean that it's always stuck with her and did she follow her ow advice?
The fact that future Emily's mission before death was to retrieve a loss memory instead of time traveling to the past to stay alive makes me wonder about the worth of immortally.
She explains it with David. The genetic material can only be stretched so far and only works if the clone passes itself onto the next. David died before he did it and that was the end of his bloodline.
I LOVE how clone Emily has the same eye-tick as clone David when she talks about how there is no “deterioration” ( 1:18 - 11:09 ) among the clones. I like to think she developed this after his death, perhaps as an unconscious way to express grief over his death, or as a way for her brain to tell herself that she isn’t the same anymore, how she is deteriorating mentally in the infinite process of cloning and talking to herself, waiting and knowing about her inevitable horrible death.
I love how the eyes not being fully filled in makes them look more emotional
“Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all the dead.”
- Emily (World of Tomorrow)
Ever since Jacob Geller did a video about you, primarily about the couch gag you did for The Simpsons, I wanted to see this.
The wait was worth it, I was on the verge of tears for at least half of it, but for some reason my eyes wouldn't let me actually cry.
Eccentric, brilliant, worth all the accolades and more.
Maybe you didn't have the emotional something something you needed to be able to cry.
@@k.b.tidwell something something?
@@kevinwillems8720 Something something...that one missing key ingredient.
@@k.b.tidwell onions?
@@Emiliapocalypse I mean onions certainly help the tears along
When at 11:13 future Emily says : but I loved him as though we were originals.
This was so beautiful
Love this ❤️
Oh hi. Another of the channels I'm subbed to, commenting on a video for a channel I'm subbed to. I guess we all like the same stuff? :3
Thought this was a fake account of the real account, but no, it’s the real deal
Make a video essay on this
I love this too but it makes me very sad
two things I really like in one place?! phew!
I never thought "I no longer fall in love with rocks" would be sooooo profound with just a bit of context.
“I do not have the mental, or emotional capacity to deal with his loss” it sounds like something a robot trying to be a human would say
Or someone so detached from natural human experiences and interactions, that their own emotions are to much and confusing to handle.
She fell in love with a rock, thats how detached humanity became with itself
I love how it doesn't try to be overly dramatic and still it manages to be so emotional, in a very pure manner. I'm crying but I can't say exactly why.
FANTASTIC! [BRAVO!]
Honestly, what an enjoyable experience. The idea of taking a random conversation with a kid and making, well, THIS out of it is truly imaginative! It’s good to see new things in life like this that have that fresh-content feel to it, something you don’t see really anywhere else. It was both funny and beautiful!
Wait the kid wasn’t scripted?????? This was just random conversation on their end??
@@StardustLegend It does seem like it! My assumption is they just had a random little conversation with a small girl, then turned it into this with imagination, artistic talent and dedication!
@@StardustLegend I've heard it was his niece or something that he was able to direct slightly to make the gibberness more cohesive.
I'm not sure why, but watching this always calms me. I suffer from OCD and am anxious much of the time, so it helps. Thanks Don, I appreciate you for making this, and for uploading this where people can easily watch it for free! Accessible art is so important
i love the recurring joke of clone emily falling in love with random things
weirdly this is such a perfect video for dealing with loss because it makes you understand exactly why no one can or should live forever
This is one of my favorite films across all genre and kind. I've watched nearly all Hertzfeldt's works and am always struck by its honesty and find beauty in the simplicity of its forms.
Maybe my favorite movie ever, bought it on Vimeo but I'm super happy that many more people get to see it now 💗
I have been trying to find a place to watch this since it was taken off Netflix many years ago. I’m sure I could’ve looked harder and found it somewhere, but thank you so much for making this free and available on a public platform like this!
The David exhibit does seem like something an artist would do if we ever perfected and legalized human cloning, this timeline of the future is so out there yet so simultaneously convincing
Let's break down what just happened:
1) One of my favourite films of all time just got uploaded to CZcams for Free
2) One of the best short films of our time was uploaded to CZcams for free
3) It will now be 20x easier to introduce people to Hertzfeldt
4) This is amazing
Don Hertzfeldt is one of the best short film producers of our time.
My dad adored this masterpiece and we would watch it often! ❤
Well, that was beautifully sad. Thanks for not leaving E. Prime in the snow.
One of my all-time favorite short films. It's got that beautiful tinge of sci-fi cosmic nihilism, while countering it with the adorable optimism of a child. It's simply brilliant, and I'm so happy to see it free for all to see.
The way clone Emily's voice cracks when she says "goodbye" crushes me every time
I recall sharing "Rejected" with my animation students in New Zealand back in 1999! This one is a complete mind-melt as well but beautifully made!
This was INCREDIBLE. How does this not have more views? This was better than anything else that came out the last decades
I've loved this film for years, and have showed it to practically all my friends. Thank you for releasing this on CZcams, Don.
This is one of the most beautiful existentialist studies I’ve ever seen, flawlessly executed and now available for free on CZcams. And just when I thought the world was going to hell in a hand basket… It should be noted I paid full freight for all 3 WOT films on Vimeo but it’s so cool that anyone can experience it in a time where the world needs an Emily prime more than ever. Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle xx
this piece of work along with a couple of other of Don's work got me through one of my hardest periods in life
I'm glad it is here now for anyone who hasn't seen it yet
The first Don Hertzfeldt animation I watched was Rejected something like twenty years ago. I had since watched that animation at least a hundred times. The quirky dark humor in Rejected provided quotes that I managed to regularly recite. I didn't even know that Don had a youtube channel, and now I stumble across this masterpiece. I'm pretty sure I can now die happy and begin envying the living.
12:15
"I am very proud of my sadness, because it means I am more alive."
I got that tattooed! One of my favorite quotes
this trilogy is i think my favourite piece of art that i have ever engaged with. i love the world of tomorrow films so dearly :] thank you !!
I had my father see this with me one night and I dont regret it. He understood in his own spiritual way that this connected us and was understanding. This movie has been the most memorable for me. Do not fret, just go with the flow. Today is still day. Do not fret the night while it is still day. And even when it's night, day will come.
"I do not have the mental or emotional capacity to deal with his loss. But sometimes, I sit in a chair late at night and quietly feel very bad."
Nothing has ever described grief better.
One of the most formative films of my life, and subsequent afterlives. I hope they will cherish the memories as much as I did.
I love how many themes, messages, and emotions you can pump into a video of this length. Husband David’s death and cloned Emily’s inability to process it “correctly” just made me sad… not to mention “this is me and mommy walking.”
I always come back to this. A dear no-longer friend showed it to me, and it always bring me a smile when I watch it because sometimes, I miss my friend and truth is I was such a shitty friend to my friend the only things I have left from his friendship are things like this rather lovely film.
I remember first seeing this on Netflix sometime when I was in highschool, that was 10 years ago now. I absolutely fell in love with the story and was obsessed with it for a long time afterwards. I'd watch it almost every day, multiple times a day. Then one time out of the blue it was gone, and I couldn't find it anywhere. It stuck with me though, and I come back to this video now every few days or weeks to rewatch, this and Everything Will Be Ok. These videos have made a profound impact on me, and I am so very grateful to you for making such heartfelt stories in such a seemingly simplistic way. Emily saying she doesn't fall in love with rocks anymore, and Emily Prime remembering her walk with her mom resonates with something deep inside of me that I can't quite elaborate. Thank you for these, I'm hoping one of these days I'll be able to get my hands on I Am So Proud of You and It's Such a Beautiful Day
Your work has absolutely changed my life more than once at this point. Watching “it’s such a beautiful day” wrecked me more than I can tell you. At the time my mother was dying of cancer. It ripped me open and at the same time made me feel like it was going to be ok. Thank you for sharing your work.
I can’t believe this didn’t win an Oscar.
The mini panic at the end we all felt
I remember watching this on Vimeo during the first Covid lockdown. I cried inconsolably at “now is the envy of all of the dead”, it still brings tears to my eyes and I don’t even fully know why.
Thank you for creating this masterpiece and thank you for making it available to the world!
I LOVE THIS FILM SO MUCHHHHHH
SO GLAD ITS HERE NOW AAAA
YOOOO
This is gut wrenching, and I'm not sure why. Some of it resonates so loudly! "This is me and Mommy walking" rips my soul because I never got to walk with my mom. She died when I was a baby. But I still have the longing for those kind of normal memories other children had, I'm old now, and in the twilight of my life, and the regret and longing still burns. I long for feelings and memories I never had, Never imagined, Never loved.
I am Japanese and your work is very meaningful, thoughtful, and captures the essence of life. Your videos and your talent are amazing and I am grateful to have found you and your work.
I deeply and truly feel this is the best piece of expression/media I have ever experienced. . .
It broke my heart when this wasn’t on Netflix anymore. I’m happy I can finally access depressed robot poetry anytime
thank you for uploading! one of my favorite films of all time and can never find it anywhere❣️❣️❣️❣️
I have watched this 6 times since discovering it yesterday. it's incredible and makes me feel feelings.
The amount of creative ideas such as the idea of a clone being an art exhibit or the idea of imortality by cloning. Don Hertzfeldt, you are a gem.
I honestly think about this movie so very often since I first saw it in... late 2016? early 2017? I can't remember. "You only appreciate [the present] when it is the past" and "Now is the envy of all of the dead" both still hit me so deeply.
My beautiful friend showed me this on her big screen at her parents like 6 years ago and this little movie changed my life!!
I remember watching this around 2016 and just rewatched it again for the first time in 7-8 years. It means just as much to me now as it did then, if not more so. Thank you for your beautiful work as always, Don.
Literally my favorite movie of all time. I have never felt so many emotions in such a short time- the first time I saw this masterpiece piece I remember sitting through the credits and starting it again from the beginning when it ended.
Best half hour of my life