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Title: Rejected
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Company: Bitter Films
Directed by: Don Hertzfeldt
Year: 2000
MPAA Rating / TV Rating: N/A
Buy on: N/A
This short is about a fictionalized version of creator Don Hertzfeldt creating various bumpers for various companies, like the Family Learning Channel. But unfortunately, most of his shorts were rejected by the companies. The short showcases numerous surreal situations with the characters who all get swept up the short's terrifying conclusion.
So, I have heard a bit about Don Hertzfeldt's works and I was curious about checking out one of his works. So, I finally stumbled upon "Rejected" and man, was this short quite a trip! What I loved so much about this short was the simplistic art style. It's rare that I see an animated short film that uses mostly doodle like figures for their characters and the doodle like art style really made this film stand out from other animated shorts that I've seen over the years. I also loved the fact that the characters are up against a white background and there is barely anything in the background, as that actually helped the characters stand out more in the film. Another thing that I liked about this short film was the surreal nature of the plot. Even though the plot of this story is mostly about the audience seeing an animator's rejected animated pitches for these different companies, I loved how random the plots tended to get for each character. Like for example, there is one well-known short in this film where a character was dancing around, until his anus suddenly starts bleeding and he ends up drowning in his own blood. Or the short where a man picks up a spoon and approaches a huge walking banana.
I don't have that many issues with this short, but a bit of a warning to anyone who wants to watch this film. This film has a lot of violence, as there are many scenes where the characters are covered in blood or the characters perform violent acts against each other. If you feel uncomfortable with watching anything that has blood in it, then this short might be a bit of a problem to watch through.
Overall, "Rejected" is one of the most unique films that I have ever seen, and I just absolutely loved the simplistic look of the film, as well as the surreal nature of the story. I highly recommend this short film to anyone who is a fan of Don Hertzfelt's works or who loves surreal animated films in general!
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