AtomFilms has just released a hard-to-find Don Hertzfeldt short film, LILY AND JIM. It's the story of two stick figures who encounter some unusual problems on their first date.
Hertzfeldt is the creator of numerous short animated pieces, including the including the Oscar-nominated REJECTED and satirical award-winning BILLY'S BALLOON. LILY AND JIM (1997) is Hertzfeldt's third film from his time as a student at the University of California -- Santa Barbara for which he animated more than 10,000 drawings. The piece has received 25 film festival awards, including the Grand Prize at the New Orleans and USA Film Festivals.
LILY AND JIM is hard to find -- it is part of the BITTER FILMS VOLUME 1 DVD compilation of Hertzfeldt's films, and this is the only non-bootleg, high-quality version to appear in its entirety online. This is the first in a series of classic Hertzfeldt pieces that will be releasing on AtomFilms over the next few weeks.
Head over to www.atomfilms.com/film/lily_jim_hertzfeldt.jsp to check out the film.
