World of Tomorrow

2015
G
17m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

11K

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Adult Animation Hand-Drawn 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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Featured review

10/10

Hertzfeldt Continues to Amaze!

Don Hertzfeldt has become one of my favorite filmmakers! "Rejected" was always one of my favorite short films, and "It's Such a Beautiful Day" moved me more than any animated film since "Grave of the Fireflies". I'm glad to say that Hertzfeldt has absolutely amazed me yet again with his masterpiece "World of Tomorrow".

"World of Tomorrow" is a truly mind bending experience, and one of the greatest short films I've ever seen (along with greats like "A Trip to the Moon", "La jetee", and "Zero for Conduct"). It manages to always be thought provoking, hilarious, and bizarrely moving and emotional. It is an experience that I won't soon be forgetting, and I highly encourage seeing it as soon as possible, for this is one of the greatest films of 2015, short or feature!