It's been 20 years since a then not even 20-year-old Don Hertzfeldt made his very first short movie. Next year he turns 40 and this year it's the 20th anniversary of his career. After he has not made a new film for 4 years now, it's really nice to see him back with "World of Tomorrow", a 17-minute short film and his take on science-fiction. As all his movies, there is a great moral and lesson to take from this one here as well. I would say it is neither among Hertzfeldt's best or worst films, but somewhere in the middle. The main character, a little girl, meets her future self and goes on a journey with her and even if the 2 voice actresses were good, I was missing Hertzfeldt's voice as a narrator. He is just so much fun to listen to. Emily is an interesting character, but not even close to Billy in my opinion. Other than that, it's the usual Hertzfeldt again: his very own brand of humor, smart writing especially in terms of the dialogs, his usual simply style of animation, which is always very effective nonetheless, and the topic of loss and dealing with it, which is a dominant factor in many of his movies. I thought this was a good watch. One of the better 2015 short films I have seen so far.
Review of World of Tomorrow
