First Trailer for Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘Me’ – His Latest Animated Short Film
by Alex Billington
October 7, 2024
Source: Vimeo
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.
Here’s the main official trailer for Don Hertzfeldt’s 2024 short film Me, direct from his own Vimeo:
Brief synopsis for Me via Vimeo: “A musical odyssey about the retreat of humanity into itself.” Me is written and directed by American animation filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt, also director of the acclaimed sci-fi short films World of Tomorrow (in 2015), and World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (in 2017),and finally World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime (in 2020), as well as the feature-length film It’s Such a Beautiful Day and a few other projects. He’s received Academy Award nominations for two Best Animated Short previously, for World of Tomorrow and also for Rejected (in 2001). Hertzfeldt is based in Austin, TX and you can follow him @donhertzfeldt. You can rent/watch more of his films on his Vimeo or find out more info on his official website. Me initially premiered at the Austin Film Society and 2024 Overlook Film Festival earlier this year. Hertzfeldt will release the short film streaming on Vimeo starting this Friday on October 11th, 2024 – bookmark this page to rent & watch.
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