Wizards (1987)

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AFI's 10 Top 10: Animation
by ShaunHuston in ShaunHuston filmblog

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"The animation top ten was the first list and it got the evening off to a shaky start. The problems with this list run much deeper than its rather uninspired roster of, almost exclusively, Disney “classics”. Most fundamentally, animation is not a genre; it's a medium. However, it is also the case that in Hollywood, animation verges on being a genre, but the American animation genre of the 20th century is not the same as the genre in the 21st century except insofar as animation is treated as a medium for children's, or “family”, films. In the 20th century, as ably shown by the list, animation was more or less the new medium for musicals. In this millenium, music remains an important part of animated films, but they are less often actual musicals. They are, however, characterized by hyperreal computer animation and dialogue rich with “clever” asides and pop culture references. Does that make a genre? Maybe, but not one that has much in common with t ... " [More]

Wizards (1977, USA, Ralph Baksh ...
by CinemaRian in CinemaRian Blog

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"The first time I saw Wizards I thought it was pretty stupid, and I dissmissed it. But then an odd thing happend. From time to time, images or moments in the film would come back to me. Finally, two years after I saw it the first time, I watched it again. I now see that it is a truly great film, with a style so unique it may be initially off-putting. Ralph Bakshi was the first American filmmaker to make animated movies for an adult audince. His breatkthough, the ultra-nihilistic Fritz the Cat was the first cartoon to get an X rating. Bakshi's work is not porn, but there is a lot sexual innudendo and situtions that can turn people off. His visuals, combines a lot of different styles- live action, rotoscope, traditional cell animation, often in the same shot. In Wizards, it creates a new cinematic world. The plot of the film takes some explaining. In the near future, World War III will break out and destroy the world as we know it. What humans that survive will become mutant c ... " [More]

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