{"id":803133,"date":"2026-08-05T04:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/803133\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:42:08","slug":"dropout-adds-the-complete-works-of-don-hertzfeldt-to-streamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/803133\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropout adds the complete works of Don Hertzfeldt to streamer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suddenly making itself the most essential app of the post-Jeremy Renner Official era<\/a>, Dropout has announced it has licensed some of the most influential animated works of the century: the complete works of Don Hertzfeldt<\/a>. Dropout CEO Sam Reich announced today<\/a> that, after writing a letter to Hertzfeldt, the animator agreed to license all of his work to the platform. It\u2019s the first time the entire Hertzfeldt collection has been available on a single platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we went about exploring licensing content for Dropout<\/a>, knowing Don is a champion of all things indie, I thought he might take kindly to our indie streamer, and so I wrote him a love letter, and lo and behold, he responded,\u201d Reich said in the video announcement. \u201cWe got to talking, saw an opportunity to work together, and now the complete works of Don Hertzfeldt, yes, even the Oscar nominees, are now available in one place for the first time, and that place is Dropout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hertzfeldt\u2019s work has had a profound impact on the humor of the early internet, and by proxy, the current internet. Beginning with 2000\u2019s Rejected, Hertzfeldt\u2019s absurd existentialism and beautifully animated stick figures supercharged independent animators across the web. Now all of his works, including the student films Lily And Jim and Billy\u2019s Balloon, as well as his longer works,\u00a0It\u2019s Such A Beautiful Day and \u00a0World Of Tomorrow, are streaming on Dropout. Hertzfeldt\u2019s latest feature, the Sundance Special Jury Prize winner, Paper Trail, lands on the streamer on September 1, so everybody dance!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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