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Rejected (2000)

Rejected poster
Directed by
Don Hertzfeldt
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
9 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 229 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An animated short shows a series of increasingly bizarre and disturbing commercials that were rejected by a television network. The commercials become more fragmented and chaotic as the film goes on.

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What happens

Rejected is an animated surrealist short comedy film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film the following year at the 73rd Academy Awards, and received 27 awards from film festivals around the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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