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Rejected (2000) Banana Frame
''Rejected'' is an Animated film, animated Surrealist cinema, surrealist short film, short comedy film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Animated Short Film, Best Animated Short Film the following year at the 73rd Academy Awards, and received 27 awards from film festivals around the world. Story The film takes place over four segments and is initially introduced as a collection of unaired promo interstitial program, interstitials for the fictional "Family Learning Channel." The "advertisements" are surreal, feature non-human characters, are often gruesome, and have nothing to do with the product. The second section is introduced as a collection of rejected advertisements for the fictional "Johnson & Mills Corporation" and features the same Surreal humour, surreal Black comedy, dark and absurd humour as the earlier section. The third section is introduced with an explanation that the animator had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hertzfeldt
Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is an American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee who is best known for the animated films ''It's Such a Beautiful Day (film), It's Such a Beautiful Day'', the ''World of Tomorrow (film), World of Tomorrow'' series, ''#ME, ME'', and ''Rejected''. In 2014, his work appeared on ''The Simpsons''. Eight of his short films have competed at the Sundance Film Festival, a festival record. He is also the only filmmaker to have won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Short Film twice. Hertzfeldt's work has been described as "some of the most influential animation ever created", "some of the most vital and expressive animation of the millennium", "some of the most essential short films of the last 20 years", and "films of a sort that never really existed before." In 2020, ''GQ'' described his work as "simultaneously tragic and hilarious and philosophical and crude and deeply sad and fatalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu är Det Jul Igen
"Nu är det jul igen" (Danish: "Nu er det jul igen") (English: Now it is Christmas again) is an old Christmas song originating in Scandinavia, and often sung when dancing around the Christmas tree. Lyrically, the song first states that Christmas lasts all the way until Easter, before mentioning that this is not the case, since the fasting season comes between them. Danish poet from Vester Skerninge wrote a longer lyrics version, "Nu har vi jul igen". The song was recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers as "Now it is Yule again" in a four-part, a capella, mixed-voice chorus arrangement by Gregg Smith on their 1960 album ''Christmas Carols from Around the World'' (Crown Records CLP 5194). In popular culture * The song was featured in the ''Arthur'' Christmas special "Arthur's Perfect Christmas". * The fluffy Swedish Meatball characters are seen dancing to it in the short film '' Rejected''. * During the Christmas festivities in the film ''Fanny and Alexander'' by Ingmar Bergman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Such A Beautiful Day (film)
''It's Such a Beautiful Day'' is a 2012 American experimental animated drama film written, directed, animated, photographed, produced, and narrated by Don Hertzfeldt. It follows Bill, a stick figure who struggles with memory loss and surreal visions, among other symptoms of an unknown neurological problem. The film employs offbeat humor with its philosophical musings. It mostly consists of stick figures with stylized real-life footage sometimes appearing in split-screen windows that are photographed through multiple exposures. The film is divided into three chapters, all of which were originally released in theaters as animated short films: ''Everything Will Be OK'' (2006), ''I Am So Proud of You'' (2008), and ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'' (2011). The three short films collectively received over 90 film festival awards upon their original releases, including the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Prize for ''Everything Will Be OK''. In 2012, the three chapters were combined and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Film Society
The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fostering independent filmmaking in Texas and has served as a cornerstone in building the film industry in Austin. The film society also owns and maintains Austin Studios, hosts the annual Texas Film Awards gala, and oversees the Austin Film Society grant program. The film society was founded by film director Richard Linklater, who currently serves on the board as artistic director. Other notable members on the board and advisory board include Tim McCanlies, Robert Rodriguez, Charles Burnett, Guillermo del Toro, Jonathan Demme, Mike Judge, John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Stekler and Quentin Tarantino. History AFS was created in 1985 by film director Richard Linklater, cinematographer Lee Daniel, ''Austin Chronicle'' editor and Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Air (TV Series)
''Off the Air'' is an American psychedelic anthology television series created by Dave Hughes for Adult Swim. The series is presented without explanation or narration as a showcase of surreal footage arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation. The series premiered on Adult Swim on January 1, 2011, 4:00 am New Year's Day. Hughes is a former employee of MTV Animation who first pitched it to Mike Lazzo at Adult Swim after producing a video mixtape for the network's 2010 ''Carnival Tour'' event. As a result of its 4 a.m. graveyard slot and small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network, but has been received positively and dubbed a cult phenomenon by critics and Adult Swim itself. The series has aired 52 episodes and 3 specials over the course of 14 seasons, including two episodes, "Technology" (by Wham City) and "Paradise" (by Ghosting.tv), that Adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
