
Genre(1996)
In Don Hertzfeldt's second student film, a hapless cartoon character is dragged through a spectrum of cinematic situations by his frustrated animator.


Robert May
Jim (voice)
Karin Anger
Lily (voice)
Lily and Jim is a animation, comedy, romance film released in 1997. Directed by Don Hertzfeldt, it stars Robert May, Karin Anger. Lily and Jim are interviewed about their disastrous blind date.
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