Ah, l'Amour
In this clever satire of toxic men, a cartoon pickup artist is violently torn apart by the women he targets, seen only through his own one-sided, ridiculously misogynistic point of view. Don Hertzfeldt's first student film, he plays the part of a mentally unwell animator who's losing his grip within his own movie; an idea he'd later revisit in other early "meta" shorts "Genre" and "Rejected". Despite being produced at the age of 18 and not intended for exhibition, HBO named it "The World's Funniest Cartoon" in 1998.
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Wonderful character development!
This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Blistering performances.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
"Ah, L'Amour" a very interesting beginning animation for the great Don Hertzfeldt, which even without having the same level of greatness of his best shorts (Such as "Rejected","Everything will be OK" and "I Am So Proud of You")is certainly a good exercise of cleverness and originality, showing from the start all the elements that define the particular style from this filmmaker, such as the simple but funny aesthetic of the drawings, the dark sense of humor, the surreal situations and the brilliant moments of truth which constantly appear among all the absurdity and crazy scenes.Worth a look.
The animated films from Don Hertzfeldt are very simply drawn--with stick figures and only in black and white (except when he occasionally tosses in some blood). So if you're looking for brilliant art, this certainly isn't a short film for you. However, where his films do excel is at being both funny and totally bizarre. Because they are so weird, they are certainly not for all tastes but are great for just the right off-kilter type of person.This film is broken down into many little vignettes. In each, an innocent guy comes up to a lady and says something very innocuous. And in each case, the lady turns psycho and does something absolutely violent and horrible in return. I'm sure it's possibly trying to say something profound about male/female communication, but I really liked it for the insane reactions. They were so far over the top that they made me laugh again and again. Give it a watch and see if you, too, are the sort of person who might appreciate the oddness of Don Hertzfeldt.
The very best thing about Hertzfeldt is his original vision of animated stick figures.This is the very first and has many of the elements that make some of his subsequent work worthy. What's missing is the overt self-reference. The character is clearly himself, but in other works, the drawer is explicit, and often the paper as well.But still funny, if you are a guy. The very same theme occurs in his "rejected" collection where the entire business world rejects the work. But that latter effort is much more clever in that it exploits his OTHER big idea (past the stick figures) the self- reference in the world, not the character.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
Ah, the beauty of love. Ah, the splendor of its glory. Ah, the agony of rejection. TOTAL agony, that is!This timeless favourite of the Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted Animation Festival follows the adventure of our hapless male who receives brutal beatings from women when he tries to innocently ask them out. Brutal, as in having his head bashed in, his eyes driven in by stakes, or his heart ripped out. Yes, a love story! Sick and simple, much like "Billy's Balloon".Best way to view: in a large group with the men reading the male lines and the women reading the female lines. Note how most women cheer at our hero's demise. Hmm, makes one wonder! Available on Spike and Mike video collections.
