So... I had the absolute pleasure to see Don Hertzfeldt's 2012 animated masterpiece "It's Such a Beautiful Day" on Wednesday for one night only at my local cinema and.... his new short film "ME", you can tell that I couldn't say no to it!, now before I get into this one, I should say what I think of Don Hertzfeldt's work, I absolutely love his work, they are so wonderfully surreal, weird, deep and very original, I love his feature film "It's Such a Beautiful Day", his short films "Rejected", "World of Tomorrow" and "Lily and Jim" are huge inspiration for my animation work and are incredibly awesome and unique, he's a really unique animator and filmmaker that you guys need to check out if you haven't already, anywho I went it to the screening with a friend which was kind of busy.. that was something.
Anywho I already did a review on the film so that's not why I am here to talk about, although I can say the way it was screened was very Don Hertzfeldt like, it starts with the short film (which I'll get to in a bit), then like a brass band playing a song with a guy clearly into banging on the guitar and then afterwards the man himself talks about the progress of his film and the camera he used to make it as well which was very cool, Don was clearly very thankful for people like me supporting his work and then the film started as normal...
Anywho I'm here to talk about the short film in question which is "ME", a musical surreal odyssey about technology and humanity and... I kind of loved it, not sure if I can say it's as amazing as "World of Tomorrow" & "Rejected" but it's really something to behold, something that's very unique and kind of profound too, I can't say too much since I only watched it once and I can only say what I remember from it and I don't wanna give away too much, plus it's kind of hard to describe so you'll have to watch it for ya self so then maybe you'll probably get it, anyways the animation is the best I seen from the guy, it's very purposeful and visually interesting, I like the music that accompanies the short like with African inspired music to then a full on like opera sequence that's really phenomenal and shows Don's true skill in animation, there's laughs to be found in it too and I enjoyed the presentation and what it was going for, I can still remember some of the memories shots in the short, it's bizarre but yet has relevance to it if ya pay attention to it.
So yeah I can't say much else then it's another really solid short from Don, it's original, surreally entertaining, beautifully animated with a interesting style and purpose, I like the themes and message of it, it's a wild ride that you'll never forget and Don really goes for it in terms of what it delivers, it's a very interesting piece of animation that's worth checking out and I kind of loved it!, one of his best in my opinion, if ya haven't seen it, go check it out I mean you might as well with "It's Such a Beautiful Day" which is where it is showing with, if it's playing near you, go see it as soon as you can as I think these are just one night events in different countries and cities, please do it you won't regret it, it's an absolute treat to see his work on the big screen.
I'm going to give "ME" a 10/10.
