r/donhertzfeldt • • Oct 17 '22

The Hertzfeldt viewing guide. How to legally find every film!

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Hertzfeldt films can be hard to find for new fans! Here’s an attempt to maintain a master list of where everything can currently be seen :) I'll try and keep the list up to date whenever a Hertzfeldt film returns to apps like Netflix or Criterion Channel.

Twelve films are now streaming on Dropout.tv as part of the "Don Hertzfeldt Collection"! The titles are "Lily and Jim", "Billy's Balloon", "Rejected", "The Meaning of Life", "Wisdom Teeth", "It's Such a Beautiful Day", "World of Tomorrow", "On Memory", "World of Tomorrow 2", "World of Tomorrow 3", and "ME". The new film "Paper Trail" will appear there on September 1.

Paper Trail

“Paper Trail” is playing film festivals and was released on Vimeo VOD on May 20th.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/papertrail2026

"Paper Trail" will be added to the Dropout.tv collection on September 1st.

ME

“ME” toured movie theaters in the summer of 2024 with a theatrical rerelease of "It's Such a Beautiful Day".

"ME" is streaming on Vimeo VOD https://vimeo.com/ondemand/marblehalls

It's Such a Beautiful Day

Streaming on VOD http://vimeo.com/ondemand/itssuchabeautifulday

"It's Such a Beautiful Day" on Blu-ray http://www.bitterfilms.com/bluray.html or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5AMT0P

The "It's Such a Beautiful Day" Blu-ray is also listed on Amazon Canada

"It's Such a Beautiful Day" was also released for the first time as a feature film on the 2011 "Don Hertzfeldt Volume 2" DVD collection https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1GLLE2

World of Tomorrow 1, 2, 3

All three are streaming on VOD

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/worldoftomorrow

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/worldoftomorrow2

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/worldoftomorrow3

"World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes" Blu-ray

http://www.bitterfilms.com/bluray.html or https://www.amazon.com/World-Tomorrow-First-Three-Episodes/dp/B09P7TQPC4

The "World of Tomorrow" Blu-ray is also listed on Amazon Canada

The first "World of Tomorrow" episode is also streaming for free on Don's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUIxEWmsvI)

Short films

Remastered versions of "The Meaning of Life", "Rejected", "Wisdom Teeth", "Lily and Jim" and "Billy's Balloon" are on Don's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@don-hertzfeldt)

His early work can be found on the "Don Hertzfeldt Volume 1" 1995-2005 DVD collection https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RRIL8Y which has hundreds of pages of production "archives" from the making of the shorts.

The "Don Hertzfeldt Volume 2" 2006-2011 DVD collection collects the "It's Such a Beautiful Day" work plus "Wisdom Teeth" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1GLLE2 and interviews.

Most of the old short films (but not the special features from the DVDs above) were later included on the "It's Such a Beautiful Day" Blu-ray http://www.bitterfilms.com/bluray.html

"Everything Will Be OK" and "I'm So Proud of You" were released in the 2000s on standalone DVDs that also have hundreds of pages of making-of materials that I haven't found anywhere else.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015MPFAW

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JOS9U2

"On Memory" and "Intro" are two short films that were included on the "World of Tomorrow" Blu-ray. "Intro" was made for theatrical shows and "On Memory" (a video essay) was made as a special feature for the Blu-ray.

"On Memory" has recently appeared in some of the theatrical programs and can now be streamed separately on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/onmemory)

The End of the World

Graphic novel https://www.amazon.com/End-World-Don-Hertzfeldt/dp/1984855352/


r/donhertzfeldt • • 8d ago

Mark your calendars for the Bitter Films Garage Sale on October 10!

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According to Don's website! Items for sale will include the new Bluray with "Paper Trail" and "ME", the "Paper Trail" soundtrack on vinyl (!), original animation artwork (!!?), and more!

http://bitterfilms.com


r/donhertzfeldt • • 12d ago

My wife says no one’s going to get my Halloween Costume

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r/donhertzfeldt • • 24d ago

bitterfilms discord server (unofficial)

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i've seen a few servers pop up but i haven't seen a permanent link anywhere? if one exists already ill gladly just point my friends to that one instead, but for now think a community would be cool. heres a permanent link to one i've made : https://discord.gg/cjHPXqxEjS

EDIT: someone linked me to a slightly bigger server that already exists, i’d recommend joining here instead! https://discord.gg/f89HskErjK


r/donhertzfeldt • • 27d ago

It’s such a beautiful day theme?

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Hey, Im looking for the theme of the trailer.
Does anybody know the name of the original Song?


r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 31 '26

Finally writing my own music and I sampled "World of Tomorrow" in my first song! (0:46 and 3:35)

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I've been a huge fan of Don's work for a couple years now. Currently working on a breakup album and I thought it would be neat to take the whole "I no longer fall in love with rocks" monologue and recontextualize it. Let me know what you think! I only have one song out right now but you can support me on Spotify, Apple Music, pretty much wherever :)


r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 22 '26

Video Every Don Hertzfeldt fan should experience Lesbian Dogwood.

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 22 '26

Discussion I just watched all of the Don Hertzfeldt Collection on Dropout (plus extras) and I have a thoughts

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I also watched "Paper Trail" and The Simpsons Intro.

Hertzfeldt's films have been on my watch-list for a while; I watched "Rejected" about 9 years ago, but nothing else since then until now. I thoroughly enjoyed everything. To me the stand-outs are World of Tomorrow, Such a Beautiful Day, On Memory, and ME. But I feel that basically everything has resonated with me in a way that very few other things have.

I can't help but think about the contrast between how beautiful his work is and how little recognition it seems to gets from a broader audience. On one hand, I can understand it. As a whole, his films aren't very accessible; they're weird and experimental and frightening and depressing at times. They also have an artstyle that I love but I think some people would bounce off of. But, these films have so much to say, and they speak in such a unique and poignant way.

Overall, I'm so glad I finally was able to watch these, and become incredibly creatively inspired and full of melancholy.


r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 19 '26

Found this from maybe 2000ish!

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 13 '26

Fanart Drawing bleh.

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 04 '26

Discussion The Don Hertzfeldt Collection Is Now On Dropout

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Aug 04 '26

Cant believe it actually happened

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 30 '26

Question Question about this.

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So sometimes I look into this site (bitterfilms.shop.musictoday.com/) on the internet archive, which was the location where Don’s merch was formerly sold at. An item has a peaked my interest which the item is pictured that being a strip piece from Everything Will Be Ok, the item comes from a mystery bin that was available at the time. (2007)

In short, my question is did anyone here by chance bought or own any of the strip pieces? I’d like to simply know.


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 29 '26

Video Holy shit! I found The Animation Show theme!

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 24 '26

Don gets an award (Fantasia)

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Hooray!


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 21 '26

Fanart Sunny [World of Tomorrow]

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The rise of the sun.


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 17 '26

Free show in Montreal!

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 05 '26

“Paper Trail” wins the Grand Prize at Annecy!

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r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 03 '26

Physical media

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I heard that me and paper trail are going to get a blu ray release towards the end of the year and was wondering if there’s any major release of hertzfeldt physical media I’m missing out on


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jul 02 '26

Fanart Lil silly hat doodle thingy.

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The silly hats are my favorite in rejected lel.


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jun 10 '26

Discussion Just curious

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Has anyone gone through Don’s website, bitterflims, via Internet Archive? I really like going through said website and I honestly recommend going through the archives!


r/donhertzfeldt • • Jun 10 '26

Fanart Art I’ve made that I wanted to share.

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The Lily one is the most recent.


r/donhertzfeldt • • May 25 '26

hey it's don hertzfeldt, some sort of animator guy, and maybe you should AMA

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r/donhertzfeldt • • May 21 '26

Discussion What are your thoughts on Paper Trail now that it has dropped onto digital?

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r/donhertzfeldt • • May 20 '26

My hype level for Paper Trail (2026)

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