Story
A fictional frame story explains that Don Hertzfeldt was commissioned to do animated segments for commercials and television network interstitals, but they were all rejected upon receipt. It is a collection of short, surreal vignettes, presented as a reel of rejected corporate advertising work. Towards the end of the short the animator begins to break down mentally and the animated world he created literally begins to fall apart, brutally killing all of his characters in the process.
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