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    The Essential Saga of Don Hertzfeldt's <em>World of Tomorrow</em>

    The second episode of the animator’s series of short films, subtitled <em>The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts</em>, is as original and moving as the first.
    by David Sims Jan 03, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Don Hertzfeldt

    In Don Hertzfeldt’s films, the unconscious can be a grand, terrifying playground, a vast sci-fi landscape of swirling vortexes, rainbow-colored clouds, and shiny oblong rocks strewn beside a black sea. Early in World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden ofHertzfeldt’s dizzying sequel to his Oscar-nominated , a little girl and her adult clone are exploring a virtual representation of the clone’s brain. The two walk around a beach of memories, and the girl picks up a shiny object. “That is a glimmer of hope,” her grown-up copy tells her. “Put it back.”

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