Genre (1996)
- Directed by
- Don Hertzfeldt
- Genre
- animation, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A cartoon rabbit is thrown through a series of changing film genres while his animator tries to think of a story. The short is a mix of animation styles and playful confusion.
whimsicalexperimentalfast-pacedmetaabsurdanarchicself-awareplayful
What happens
Genre is a 1996 animated meta-comedy short film by animator Don Hertzfeldt, his second 16mm student film, produced at the age of 19. The 16mm short combines traditional animation, pixilation, and stop-motion animation to present a cartoon rabbit careening through a variety of rapidly changing film genres as his animator struggles to come up with a good idea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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