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Fritz the Cat
Why this pick
Bakshi’s earlier, equally unruly urban cartoon channels Heavy Traffic’s abrasive adult animation, streetwise caricature, sexual provocation, and restless countercultural energy.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1973 1h 16m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The King and the Mockingbird
Why this pick
For the appeal of hand-drawn animation unafraid of ugliness and menace, this visually inventive satire offers a darker, more lyrical world of grotesque authority.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
1. The film starts out in live action, introducing the protagonist Michael Corleone, a 22-year-old Virginity playing pinball in New York, New York. The scene then transitions into animation. New York has a diseased, rotten, tough, and violent atmosphere. Michael's Italian father, Angelo "Angie" Corleone, is a struggling mafioso who frequently cheats on Michael's Jewish mother, Ida. The couple constantly bicker and try to kill each other. Michael ambles through a catalog of freaks, Greaser (subculture)s, and dopers. Unemployed, he dabbles with cartoons, artistically feeding off the grubbiness of his environment. He regularly hangs out at a local Bar (establishment) where he gets free drinks from the female Black (people) bartender, Carole, in exchange for sketches of the somewhat annoying Shorty, Carole's violent, legless bouncer devotee. One of the regular customers at the bar, a Hypersexuality transvestite named Snowflake, gets beaten up by a tough drunk hard-hat who has only just realized that Snowflake is a man in drag and not a beautiful woman. Snowflake loves it, but the drunk causes property damage. Shorty throws the drunk out and the bar's white manager abusively confronts Carole over this. Fed up with her manager, Carole quits.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Joseph Kaufmann
Michael Corleone
Lillian Adams
Rosa
Jamie Farr
Robert Easton
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Carole