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Originally Posted by RetroGunslinger
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I just came across some of his work this week elsewhere, and I vaguely remember those cutscenes/comercial bumps from what seems decades ago...were the new
Kellogg's Poptarts' commercials directly influenced by his work? They seem too out there and similar in-style to not be.
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Genre
created & directed by Don Hertzfeldt
musical score by Dave LaDelfa
Genre is a 1996 Live-action/animated short film by animator Don Hertzfeldt, his second student film, preceded by Ah, L'Amour (1995).
The 16mm short combines traditional animation, pixilation, and stop-motion animation to present a cartoon rabbit careening through a variety of rapidly changing film genres as his animator struggles to come up with a good idea.
The short is Hertzfeldt's least favorite of his work, but it nevertheless was an animation festival hit that went on to receive 17 awards.
The plot centers around hand drawn rabbit, being told what to do by the animator. (similar to Duck Amuck.) The rabbit's activities depend on what genre appears on the screen. (Example, for "horror movie", the rabbit is stabbed repeatedly by a second rabbit.) Occasionally, the animators hand will appear on the screen (Example, at the start, the rabbit is trying to run away from the movie, only to be pulled back by the animators hand.)