“Fighting a cold, but I'm powering through. As they say, there's nothing better for a cold than doing interviews all day.” Quote by Don Hertzfeldt
“I'm still learning. I've never done a digital project before. And I'm pretty sure I did things to the software that weren't supposed to be done.” StillsDoneProjectsSupposed To BeDigitalSoftware Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“But I had never drawn on a tablet before. I've been doing pencil and paper and film for almost 20 years. I wanted to try something different. I wanted to teach myself some digital stuff in advance of a bigger feature project that's coming up, and I took to it really quickly.” TryingYearsDifferentWantedFilmStuffTeachPaperProjectsBiggerFeaturesDigitalPencilsTablets Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I have friends and illustrators who can't stand drawing on the Cintiq. [A graphic pad tablet used by digital animators] There's a certain tension and friction when you draw on paper that they miss. The tablet is very slick. It's like drawing on glass. But that didn't bother me at all.” UsedCertainMissingPaperDrawsGlassesDrawingBotherTensionDigitalGraphicPadsFrictionTabletsSlickAnimatorIllustrators Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“The design is a really flat primary color with all sorts of abstract geometric shapes, just implying something. And then you'd have your characters running from something with guns. It was very expressionistic.” CharacterRunningDesignColorShapesGunPrimariesAbstractFlatsGeometricImplyingPrimary ColorsGeometric Shapes Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“Traditionally, digital projects, when you project them, they get really washed out. It's complicated stuff with gamma, but basically your blacks get very milky and the colors get very weak, and we made so many different versions of it to just pump more color into it, so it would look just as good in the theater as it does on your screen at home. And color was my constant whine. It needed to be very oversaturated.” LooksDoeMadeDifferentHomeStuffColorNeededProjectsWeakTheaterConstantComplicatedScreensVersionsDigitalGet RealPumps Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“What's interesting is when you talk about that - "living forever" or as long as you possibly can - what you really want is a continuance of your memories and your experiences. If I said you could live another 200 years, but we'd have to reboot you, that's not attractive. Nobody wants that as much as a continuance of your experience.” IfsWantYearsLongSaidMemoriesInterestingForeverAttractiveOur MemoriesContinuance Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“To me, that's where memories are very interesting because what happens when we start losing memories? What happens when you can't take your memories with you? Who are we without our memories, without our past?” HappensPastMemoriesInterestingLosingOur PastVery InterestingOur Memories Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I frequently run into this, where I genuinely feel like - and this is not just my head cold talking right now - I often, and this is going to sound weird, but I often feel like the guy who makes these movies is smarter than me. Smarter than the guy on the phone right now.” FeelsRunningGuySoundTalkingColdRight NowPhonesSmarter Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“So much of the writing is not conscious, in the sense that it's not calculated. I remember in film school we had so many studies with big fancy words where you could dissect a movie and make charts of all of the characters' complicated inner relations and themes and what does this mean? And it's overwhelming as a student. It's great for a student, but as a writer, it's paralyzing.” WritingMeanDoeCharacterBigsSchoolRememberFilmStudyStudentsConsciousRelationComplicatedFancyThemeOverwhelmingFilm School Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I think some of this just feels right. You're in the shower and you come up with a sentence and it's beautiful. You don't know how it's going to fit in the film, but you put it in because it feels right. This is a very long way of saying, so much of it is me feeling like I'm catching ideas rather than coming up with ideas. It's very fluid like that.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLongIdeasFeelingsBeautifulFilmKnow HowFitCome UpSentencesShowersLong WayCatchingFluidFeels RightBeautiful You Author:Don Hertzfeldt