After you watch this short you will never look at a cup of coffee the same again. Plenty, thanks to Hertzfeldt's twisted wit. To say anything more about the plot would spoil the surprise. Hertzfeldt's web site, Bitter Films , gives hope of a DVD release that will contain all of his works. Thanks to his outrageous sense of humor, I would consider Hertzfeldt to be the modern-day Chuck Jones.
Animation is comparatively inexpensive and is very much a limitless tool for storytelling.
I had been drawing ever since I was little, and taught myself everything I know, gradually improving from film to film. Yes - though I handle everything on the creative end, I tend to have a friend or two shoot or edit the projects. Certain projects also require the talent of voice actors. Nobody, really - I get very little inspiration from other cartoons or even other films. I could list quite a few extremely talented people creating animated shorts, but if anyone, I tend to admire traditional feature films and directors.