WORLD OF TOMORROW.
This article focuses on Texan independent animator Don Hertzfeldt’s transition from analogue to digital animation through his sci-fi trilogy *World of Tomorrow*, which explores themes of identity, memory, and time via stick-figure clones navigating complex timelines. The trilogy, consisting of three...
| Publicado en: | Sight & Sound Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 70 - 74 |
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| Formato: | Interview |
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British Film Institute
Summer2026
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