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September 29, 2014 Marina Galperina

Thanks to Academy Award-nominated animator/filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt, the couch gag of last night’s season premiere of “The Simpsons” was a small, brilliant opus. The Simpson family travelled far into the future where Lisa and Bart’s forms became reminiscent of the aliens in Hertzfeldt’s Meaning Of Life. A cloud-creature made an appearance; its anus was not bleeding. The sequence then transitioned into splatters […]

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March 12, 2013 Marina Galperina

Indie animator and cult hero Don Hertzfeldt has finished his renowned tour of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, the last of three connected epics — heart-wrenching short films documenting the life and trials of Bill. There’s something very wrong with Bill. Giant fish-heads come out of his skull. Hertzfeldt is as known for his stick-figure, hand-drawn style […]

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