Rejected (2000)

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In this short film, an animator's commisioned works, rejected because of their increasingly absurd and violent tone (reflecting the animator's own progressive breakdown), eventually find their entire animated world collapsing in upon itself.

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated,
Directed By: Don Hertzfeldt
Genres: Comedy, Animation

In Theaters: Jul 25, 2000 Wide

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Anthony L

Hilarious! My anus is bleeding, ha ha ha!
Daniel P

I saw this a good five years ago, I had no idea at the time (or until I saw that someone had actually been able to review it) that this was an OSCAR-NOMINATED short film... I knew it as possibly the first email I received with a youtube link stating "you've gotta see… More
I saw this a good five years ago, I had no idea at the time (or until I saw that someone had actually been able to review it) that this was an OSCAR-NOMINATED short film... I knew it as possibly the first email I received with a youtube link stating "you've gotta see this". As for the short, it is disturbed, just as its creator apparently was at the time. Randomly funny and violent, though, something to see and see again if only because it stays funny and never gets any less weird. Truly original.
Lesley N

Silly with gory bits Here it is on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOvqeABHvQ
Wu C

Very creative and well done. Don Hertzfeldt is one of my favorite animators.