World of Tomorrow

Name: World of Tomorrow
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 2015-03-31
Duration: 17 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Julia Pott, Winona Mae, Sara Cushman

2015
G
17m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

11K

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Adult Animation Animation Comedy Drama Sci-Fi Short

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 27 wins & 7 nominations total

Emily
(voice)

Winona Mae

Emily Prime
(voice)

Sara Cushman

Simon
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Don Hertzfeldt
Writer
- Don Hertzfeldt
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Trivia
Don Hertzfeldt's first digitally animated film. All of his other films were shot on 16mm and 35mm, but he animated this film using a Cintiq tablet, Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. He stated in an interview that he did this because that since the film takes place in the future and that the future looks so abstract, it would be impossible and time consuming to do it right on film.

Goofs
The moon always presents the same face to the Earth and orbits the earth once every 28 days, which means the robots escaping the darkness are circling the moon at that same rate. The "dark side of the moon" is called that only because that is the face which is not visible from Earth, not because it is always in darkness.

Quotes
Emily: That is the thing about the present, Emily Prime. You only appreciate it when it is the past.

Connections
Edited from The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows (2015)

Soundtracks
Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Suite
Composed by Richard Strauss

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Unique and Rather Original

World of Tomorrow (2015)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Don Hertzfeldt's rather unique and original animated short deals with a young girl who is visited from the future by her third clone, which takes her into the future and show her how the world has changed in the two hundred plus years.

I'm watching this short a couple days before the Oscars are actually announced and I must admit that I'll be shocked if something beats this. Well, it's the Oscars so I guess anything is possible but this is a rather clever, original and unique little gem that manages to be rather smart throughout its 17 minute running time. The animation itself is rather laid back but I thought this approach actually worked extremely well and especially when you consider that it's the screenplay and story that is really selling the material. Both Julia Pott and Winona Mae are extremely effective with their voices and really sell the characters quite nicely.