![]() ![]() All this strange energy is perhaps best consumed in altered state of mind, as the clear-headed experience of watching "Fritz the Cat" isĭifficult, especially when Bakshi tears off on tangents, losing control of the feature as it occasionally tries to make points about culture and society,Īnd there's a not terribly subtle condemnation of police work, with the cops depicted as literal pigs bumbling around with pistols drawn.Prior to the recent Rebellion Festival I was wandering the streets of Amsterdam and found a rather fine second hand record store near to The Royal Opera House, amongst the racks I saw and bought a CD by a band called Bumsnogger entitled “and destroy all those that came before us” which featured such gems as ‘Dutch Fisting’, ‘Being Fucked Over’ and ‘Murdering The Homeless’ – band name and title tracks providing all the reason I needed for buying it. Vocal performances are more conversational to sell the mood, keeping the movie casual despite examining some charged situations, including extreme Picture's content, mixing shock value with an assessment of racial relationships, liberal guilt, Judaism, and, rather unexpectedly, domestic terrorism.īakshi doesn't have much of a budget for "Fritz the Cat," but the picture is highly designed and fascinatingly executed at times, with the productionĪttempting to find a special free-flowing rhythm to the journey as Fritz dodges cops, befriends black people in Harlem, and deals with Nazi bikers. Disney certainly wasn't doing that at the time, encouraging Bakshi to use the creative opportunity to push the ![]() Without a strong narrative, "Fritz the Cat" plays a little too loose at times, but the idea here is toĬhallenge audiences with imagery of anthropomorphized characters indulging vices, including an introductory sequence where Fritz gets high on hashĪnd enjoys group sex inside a bathtub. Story of Fritz and the complications of his life. Ultimately, the feature is Bakshi's beast, which he tries to tame during the run time, basically launching an episodic While Crumb was ultimately unhappy with "Fritz the Cat," Bakshi tries to retain as much flavor from the artist's imagination, including his fixation onīulbous, pointy female bodies. Rated adventure around New York City, following the eponymous feline as he indulges his obsessions with sex, drugs, and troublemaking during the With "Fritz the Cat," Bakshi searches for a way to bring adult activities to animation, looking to shake the kiddie reputation of the medium with an X. For the 1972 film adaptation, Crumb's vision finds a proper guardian in director Ralph Bakshi,Īnother artist interested in challenging audiences, using Crumb's universe to launch what would become an interestingly unwieldy directorial career. Work that couldn't find a place in the mainstream. "Fritz the Cat" was originally created by Robert Crumb in 1965, serving as a way for the artist to release some creative wiggles with decidedly raunchy Reviewed by Brian Orndorf, November 2, 2021 Starring: Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Skip Hinnant Throughout these adventures, Fritz's pot-addled self-righteousness gradually gives way to a deeper understanding of life, but perhaps too late to extract himself from a terrorist plot.įor more about Fritz the Cat and the Fritz the Cat Blu-ray release, see Fritz the Cat Blu-ray Review published by Brian Orndorf on Novemwhere this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5. The crazy cat steals a car, starts a race riot in Harlem, and ends up stuck outside San Francisco with a group of sadistic revolutionaries led by a junkie biker rabbit. After a drug bust by a couple of bumbling pigs makes him an outlaw, Fritz sets fire to his NYU dorm and hits the road in search of self-discovery. It's a world where black people are crows, cops are pigs, rabbis are lions, and cats-like New York University student Fritz are substituted for guilt-ridden white guys who want to be poets but mainly smoke pot and engage in group sex. Fritz the Cat Blu-ray delivers great video and audio in this fan-pleasing Blu-ray releaseįRITZ THE CAT is an exceptionally imaginative, X-rated animated feature film, loosely based on R. ![]()
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