Lily and Jim (1997)
- Directed by
- Don Hertzfeldt
- Genre
- animation, comedy, romance
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 67 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
An awkward blind date between two hopeless people goes from very bad to much worse. The couple's improvised dialogue makes the painful encounter feel painfully real.
awkwardcringe-inducingdeadpanmelancholicslow-paceddryly humorousuncomfortableintimate
What happens
Lily and Jim (1997) is a 16mm animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is Hertzfeldt's third student film from UC Santa Barbara, for which he single-handedly animated over 10,000 drawings. In the film, an awkward blind date between a hopeless couple goes from very bad to much worse. Voice actors Robert May (Jim) and Karin Anger (Lily) improvised a number of their dialogues. The films closing credits feature instrumental piano music called "Moving Thirds" by singer-songwriter Beth Waters. The movie eventually received 25 film festival awards, including Grand Prizes from the New Orleans Film Festival and the USA Film Festival. In 1998, it was shown on an episode of MTV's Cartoon Sushi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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