Ah, L'Amour (1995, French for 'Ah, Love') is Don Hertzfeldt's first 16mm student animated short film, completed at the age of 18 at UC Santa Barbara.
Though produced for a beginning film class and never meant to be exhibited, the short had a long life at animation festivals, launching Hertzfeldt into cult status at a young age.
The soundtrack is acoustic guitar music, performed by Hertzfeldt on a boom box in his dorm room.
In the 1990s, the cartoon screened nationwide in theaters as part of the Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation tour.
For the DVD, Hertzfeldt performed an alternate guitar soundtrack as a special feature, approximately 10 years after recording the original.