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The Don Hertzfeldt Collection

The Don Hertzfeldt Collection

12 Episodes

Experience the pioneering animated films of Don Hertzfeldt that merge absurdity with existentialism.

The Don Hertzfeldt Collection
  • Lily and Jim (student film)

    Episode 1

    A blind date ends in disaster.

  • Billy’s Balloon (student film)

    Episode 2

    A boy and his balloon.

  • Rejected

    Episode 3

    In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...

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  • The Meaning of Life

    Episode 4

    A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

    Content Warning:
    Animated Subject Matter Depicting Death (Non-Graphic)
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [5:20-5:28]

  • Watching Grass Grow

    Episode 5

    VHS time-lapse footage and rare pencil tests capture Don Hertzfeldt's progress animating The Meaning of Life in the early 2000s.

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]

  • Wisdom Teeth

    Episode 6

    Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

  • It's Such a Beautiful Day

    Episode 7

    Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]
    Themes of Mental Illness and Dementia
    Animated Subject Matter Depicting Death (Non-Graphic)
    Dentophobia (Visual of loose teeth) - [10:15-10:24]

  • World of Tomorrow

    Episode 8

    A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]

  • World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

    Episode 9

    Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self. 

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]

  • World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

    Episode 10

    A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves. 

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]

  • On Memory

    Episode 11

    A non-fiction animated essay about the nature of memory.

    Content Warning:
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]

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    Episode 12

    ME

    Episode 12

    An experimental musical fable about narcissism and pain.

    Content Warning:
    Animated Subject Matter Depicting War and Mass Death (Non-Graphic)
    Photosensitive Epilepsy Warning (Flashing) - [Throughout]