![]() ![]() I did mention Nazi symbolism, right? Oh, at any point of the film, the ratio of female characters on screen to observable nipples is exactly 1:2. While Wizards is a semi-wholesome departure from his X-Rated freshman and sophomore releases, there is an obvious thread of perversion and rebellion sewn directly through the center of this piece. Well-steeped in the 1970s microcosm of underground comics, Bakshi wet his animation feet with such dorm room darlings as Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic. In his fantastic interpretation of the war between magic and technology, it is stated early on that, “ nature is the only true technology.” In his attempts to conquer his brother’s people, Black Wolf employs the use of Nazi imagery and propaganda film to inspire his technologically fixated army, leaving the viewer with a nagging doubt as to what Bakshi is attempting to suggest. Bakshi’s social criticism never approaches anything near subtle. On the opposing end, radioactive mutants under the control of Avatar’s estranged brother, Black Wolf, threaten to destroy the purer half of the world. Described as “the true ancestors of earth,”elves, fairies, and gnomes have inhabited half the globe under the careful watch of the wizard, Avatar. Set in a post apocalyptic world divided by light and dark, Wizards unfolds with potent symbolism. I recalled the animated film as a cute, funny, slightly violent fairytale of sorts, but my memory of it was proven to be alarmingly inaccurate. None the aforementioned films, however, can hold the slightest flame to the brilliantly off-color, severely heavy themes of Wizards. Revisiting these films as adults almost always produces one or two small revelations, usually regarding how deep, weird, and often inappropriate these childhood favorites actually were. This week, we look back on Ralph Bakshi’s satirical 1977 animated opus, Wizards.īetween classics like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The NeverEnding Story, or even the wonderfully bizarre Peanut Butter Solution, most of us had that one movie we watched obsessively as kids. By Zak Rye. Between low-brow and no-brow, this is unCultured, where we shamelessly promote and defend some of the “worst” films ever made. ![]()
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