Ah, L'Amour (1995)
- Original title
- Ah, l'Amour
- Directed by
- Don Hertzfeldt
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is an early student short film about a young man's clumsy and painful experiences with love. The animation is simple and the humor comes from sudden, awkward situations.
quirkydarkly comicminimalistwhimsicalrawabsurdfast-paceddeadpan
What happens
Ah, L'Amour (1995, French for 'Ah, Love') is Don Hertzfeldt's first 16mm student animated short film, completed at the age of 18 at UC Santa Barbara. Though animated in a beginning film production class and never meant to be exhibited, the short had a long life at animation festivals, launching Hertzfeldt into cult status at a young age. In 1998, the short won the Grand Prize Award for "World's Funniest Cartoon" from the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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