If no one gets the 'deranged cousin' joke, just go watch Cool World... and suffer.
@Bill-zp2mt7 жыл бұрын
Love it dude, keep making amazing content ^^
@Nemrex7 жыл бұрын
It's the poor man's Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
@Cyriakx7 жыл бұрын
It's funny cause I'm the deranged cousin in my aunts living room.
@boredincan7 жыл бұрын
The Royal Ocean Film Society unfortunately this was my introduction to Bakshi films... Followed by Lord Of The Rings. It's a wonder I kept going with it.
@velociraptor4you32917 жыл бұрын
Pogla The Grate "Cool World" was my introduction to Ralph Bakshi as well, but I seriously don't hate it.
@Mclovin4866 жыл бұрын
His son, Eddie Bakshi, is actually my animation teacher at my college.
@lucapeyrefitte68996 жыл бұрын
Mclovin486 oh wow that’s really cool
@draseusx26326 жыл бұрын
Which college if I may ask?
@Mclovin4866 жыл бұрын
NMSU
@spiciestmemelord97066 жыл бұрын
A fellow NMSU animation student! What are the odds?
@coinexplorer6 жыл бұрын
Oh god what I’d give to meet his old man!!
@SebastianTinajero7 жыл бұрын
I love the feelings his art evokes in me , it's honest , and it's sorta like a dive bar vibe
@alejandrorivas45856 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Tinajero wizards especially
@christineantal50457 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of Bakshi, but he seems like exactly what I need right now. Great video as always, man, keep it up!!
@kostajovanovic37117 жыл бұрын
He made the first x rated animated film, for starters
@rained6497 жыл бұрын
actually... well yeah, in america at least. before that there was cleopatra (1970) and a thousand and one nights (1969) in japan.
@slashingkatie78727 жыл бұрын
Thomas Antal he's interesting in that he was someone who felt that animation could be made for adults as well. Seems like nothing now but in the 60s and 70s, cartoons were still viewed as children's entertainment. In a weird way he sowed the seeds of adult animation today. He was a bit of a loose cannon though. We forget though when the Simpsons first debuted people were like "you can't make s cartoon for adults!!" Now animation geared at adults is everywhere. Archer, South Park, Rick and Morty. Yes Anime fans, we see you there.
@j.vonhavre17416 жыл бұрын
Katie, that's incorrect. Cartoons have been geared for an adult audience since as early as the 30s with Betty boop. Looney toons in the 40s and Flintstones in the 50s. Who do you think Fred was promoting pal-mal ciggaretes to?
@PIKMIN_PROPHET7126 жыл бұрын
Check out *ROCK & RULE* mate
@kevinr.35425 жыл бұрын
Love Bashki and the look of 70s animation. Early Simpson's episodes, seasons 1 especially, has a style that looks to be hugely inspired by Ralph. In fact the dad character in Heavy Traffic looks a little like Homer. You can tell Matt Groening was a fan. The Simpson's animation style was refined and it lost that look. it's hard to describe but it's the weird, fluid, stretchy kind of animation where things/characters/facial expressions kind of pulsate, ungulate, shrink, expand, morph, etc. Much more alive and cool to watch.
@alexdp75266 жыл бұрын
My mum used to watch this stuff and I didn't think anything of it because she only ever mentioned it offhand. I just watched this video on a whim, and I am overwhelmed with emotion. Beautiful. I can't wait to watch something of his. You've made a fantastic advertisement!
@TheBloodyloon7 жыл бұрын
American Pop is by far the best of his works, and I highly recommended anyone intrigued by this video to watch it. The history of American rock and roll, where beauty grows in the darkest places.
@chrisfeistner82945 жыл бұрын
His stuff was the best. You never knew what was going to happen, you saw your own family, friends, everyone in his films and animation. A true genius! Thank you Ralph!
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Late, but it really wasn't. After Wizards, it all goes downhill. The Lord of The Rings is bloated and he was simply not the right director for the job. He is counterculture(?) and J.R.R. Tolkien was a fundamentalist Catholic. American Pop is a very middling feature that shows he has a better understanding of history over music history. Hey Good Lookin' lacks the bite and satire of Coonskin/Street Fight. His heart wasn't fully in Fire & Ice, and Cool World was infamously tampered with, so it became a shadow of its former self. Ironically, The Cool and The Crazy, a live-action film, had been his best feature in years.
@hambonesmithsonian80856 ай бұрын
This is such an underrated video. I was blessed to watch this while under the influence of a psychedelic. Watching this video spoke to my soul. I believe other young men would benefit from seeing this under the same conditions. It was healing.
@MrMrpostmn7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the introduction to Ralph Bakshi. It seems there's a lot more to him it shall be a fun, trippy, personal journey of discovery into his works.
@andrewantretter42796 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this. There really is a sense of constant observation of people and the world we live in. Sometimes the best things to write about are the stories happening around you.
@MortenEng7 жыл бұрын
LONG LIVE RALPH BAKSHI! LONG LIVE ANIMATION!
@michaelalameda20025 жыл бұрын
He's still alive...
@MemeMeme-to4ht7 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best video essays I've ever seen. Keep it up, dood.
@Massck2 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard of him before, but this is a great first impression of his works
@2l84me8 Жыл бұрын
I like to come back to watch this video every now and again. It’s oddly soothing.
@funnypatrol1235 жыл бұрын
your editing style is very interesting. good work
@BClocals7 жыл бұрын
This was really great! I've always wondered about the director of Cool World. Now I'm embarking into all his amazing work.
@StopFear5 жыл бұрын
So, is the "Italian Father" who is shown multiple times like at 3:20 for example, an inspiration for Homer Simpson. Notice his Jewish wife also has blue hair like Marge Simpson.
@kclowney976 жыл бұрын
This was so good that I thought this was “every frame a painting”
@Dane_Youssef Жыл бұрын
DESPITE WHAT A LOT OF THE FANS (AND FANATICS BELIEVE), BAKSHI'S films weren't all just "adults-only animation". Bakshi himself made a variety of different kinds of animated works. For all ages, really. They weren't all automatic box-office winners... as back then, risque cartoons weren't really all over the place (even television) as they are now. I mean, FRITZ (his first major-motion picture) made gold and was beloved. It was the movie that made his entire career. So... he made it. Even though the original artist (famed underground cartoonist R. Crumb) never gave his consent for the movie to be made. He didn't like it, but a lot of other people did--and continue to do so to this very day. After this, Bakshi was allowed to pursue his own personal projects. Projects like HEAVY TRAFFIC and COONSKIN. I became a fan after seeing his take on FRTIZ. The man wasn't just animating the already established genius of Robert Dennis Crumb. He was showing the world what he was also all about. Bakshi isn't as well-known as he should be. He has pretty much left the business. Everyone is doing dirty cartoons now, really. I like to think that he personally paved the way. Ralph was... is an original...
@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын
Animation is for every age! Not just for kids!
@kennyhagan57813 жыл бұрын
Nicely done dude. I've been a fan of Baksi movies since the mid seventies. 🏆
@jamesmoss3424 Жыл бұрын
Ralph Bakshi is an animated genius. 😀👍
@ethangilbert40297 жыл бұрын
The style of this video reminds me of a Mike Mills movie (mostly the "this is what the world looked like" sequences from Beginners).
@draketheharbinger27274 жыл бұрын
This kinda makes me want to write a story about this stuff
@andidejager38986 жыл бұрын
Your narration reminds me of frank muller, especially when he reads 1984. dig it
@king_big_pp4 жыл бұрын
Bruh, Ralph Bakshi was just some pretentious twerp who thought he was the only unique free thinker in a world going mad? I can so relate to that.
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could do a video about pioneers like Len Lye and Norman McLaren?
@binxus58496 жыл бұрын
--but w h a t ' s w i t h t h e n i p s
@nomanchaudhry87276 жыл бұрын
like he said. Everything is exaggerated. Satirized for effect.
@funkyweapon19816 жыл бұрын
Mammals.
@bobsbigboy_6 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, man! And perfect way to end the video haha
@jeffbrehove26147 жыл бұрын
I wonder what kind of movie Bakshi would make if he made one this day in age? Or at least someone who was heavily inspired by Bakshi
@fandude6666 жыл бұрын
he did a short film called the Last days of Coney Island, an allegory on the events of the 60's done in a style similar to most of his earlier movies, urban life through the lens of a surreal cartoon
@funkyweapon19816 жыл бұрын
They'd probably be banned.
@ShottaKenya8 ай бұрын
I caught just a few minutes of Wizards on TV one random Tuesday afternoon… down the rabbit hole I went
@TheIndogamer6 жыл бұрын
I have no idea who Ralph is But I'm starting to love his art.
@_Bees6 жыл бұрын
the only thing I watched from this man was Fritz the Cat, it was a pretty nice watch...
@lryuzaki11926 жыл бұрын
I've only heard about this man. I've always wanted to see his works they look gritty. I grew up with Don Bluth and of course the man himself, Walt Disney and this man's work looks so dark and so surreal with dark humor which honestly is right up my alley. Who knows? I probably have seen some of his work and not realized it.
@BenniArt7 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, I never heard of Bakshi. What comes to mind - have you, by any chance, ever seen the russian animated film "Shooting range"? Bakshi's style and perception of the world reminds me a lot of it, and it is worth checking out as it is brilliant, but short enough to just go for it. I'd love to hear your opinion on that film! ;)
@jec1138yt7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to this grotesque mess of an artist. I think I've gotten a new obsession.
@ssimpson32886 жыл бұрын
I know a lot of people like to shit on the LOTR film that Ralph Bakshi did but people have to remember that before Jackson's LOTR film trilogy that bakshi's was the most accurate one for years.
@Nkanyiso_K7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Ralph's world
@daytripperarrabal7 жыл бұрын
American Pop is SO great!
@KaponoMonster6 жыл бұрын
A family picture!
@aadamtx5 жыл бұрын
I remember when FRITZ, WIZARDS, COOL WORLD (you've come a long way, Brad), etc. premiered. For those of us raised on THE ADVENTURES OF FAT FREDDY'S CAT, ZIPPY THE PINHEAD, R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, etc., Bakshi's films were familiar - we understood exactly where his mind was. I haven't watched any of those films in years - is it possible to outgrow them?
@NoHypeMedia7 жыл бұрын
what a strange format good stuff:)
@zeonianking29836 жыл бұрын
Now I can’t help but wonder if our 20’s something hero from heavy traffic is suppose to be Ralph Bakshi himself.
@pachucodreams5 жыл бұрын
Will never forget the first time I did acid and watched Bakshi's "Heavy Traffic". Quite the experience. lol
@pachucodreams5 жыл бұрын
Retro Mammoth How's me sharing my experience being full of shit, my guy? haha The first time I dropped happened to also be the first time watching this movie. It was very overwhelming.
@Nic33rd7 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel. Subbed.
@tapirman1117 жыл бұрын
What no love for Fire & Ice?
@dildonius6 жыл бұрын
Kyle O'Reilly seems like he's focusing more on his urban work and how it relates to his perception of the world he actually lived in, as opposed to his high-fantasy works.
@sethleoric25986 жыл бұрын
I do love bakshi's version of the post apocalypse
@Zainyzomb4 жыл бұрын
What is the music that plays at the beginning
@marquiswatson99064 жыл бұрын
The somebody to love cover who did that
@stephenortega10654 жыл бұрын
ralph makes me thirsty for that real street talking. for stories that real people have been through,
@BlenderDumbass5 жыл бұрын
What the hell is Brat Pit doing there?
@NelsonStJames6 жыл бұрын
Ralph Bakshi is probably going to be another one of those artists that aren't fully appreciated until after they've shuffled off this mortal coil.
@Madbandit776 жыл бұрын
Nelson Smith And that's the rub. Bakshi gave feature animation a much needed kick in the ass by dealing with mature/adult material when the medium was basically a assembly line ghetto. People probably thought he was a madman who deformed kid fantasies when he put out "Fritz" and "Heavy Trafffic". I think he was honest to the nines.
@theguardian83175 жыл бұрын
sad but probably true
@hadensasser49375 жыл бұрын
Nelson Smith I really like those last few words you said “shuffled off this mortal coil.” I think I should start saying that in place of “kicked the bucket” or “dead” but not all the time. But yeah, I haven’t seen a Ralph bakshi film yet and I really want to.
@josephcalabrese63375 жыл бұрын
When that day comes. I am going to morn the passing Ralph's life, more so than Richard William.
@quartch76505 жыл бұрын
@@hadensasser4937 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoq9ZHuqZr2sjMU here's one
@WillScarlet165 жыл бұрын
Everyone only associates Bakshi with the violence, sex and vulgarity, but there's so much more to him than that - he has real compassion for his characters and their pain. Moments like the mother in Heavy Traffic remembering her childhood, the 'Malcom the Cockroach' scene in Coonskin, the father-son scenes in American Pop - those, I think, are the real essence of Ralph Bakshi's philosophy.
@th3azscorpio9 ай бұрын
Indeed. His films are all of this and more. I love Bakshis films. They have a sincerity very few adult/mature animations can muster.
@1000OtherFoxes4 жыл бұрын
"When you take any of those things, racism, fascism and blow it out of proportion it starts to look ridiculous... When you satires any of those things it looses some of its power" Amazing
@michaelrizea31083 жыл бұрын
Well ya ... comedians are the most persecuted people in modern times because there certain things you can't joke about because they are offensive
@GringoXalapeno2 жыл бұрын
Well there’s robocop
@Agave310 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrizea3108 'persecuted' lol
@ERoserie Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrizea3108 *Gestures toward Dave Chapelle
@TheMartianMancumpsterАй бұрын
@@michaelrizea3108 George Carlin was arrested for disorderly conduct all the way back in 1972 for performing his '7 words you cant tell on television bit. Nowadays you can hear all those words on TV and not even blink an eye. Truth is, we're still afforded much more freedom of expression and speech now then back in the "good old days". Sure, a lot of people were mad at Dave, but he's still making specials and money on the same platform that got him in hot water in the first place. It's so weird these days that people feel their being persecuted just because a vocal minority makes a huge stink, worlds still pretty normal outside when your not stuck in the 24/7 Social Media outrage cycle.
@Blitzkrieg_Wolf6 жыл бұрын
Ralph Bakshi, A man who only knows too well the madness of the world, and how to paint it perfectly on a moving canvas... So many perfect classics of his (My personal favorite is "Wizards").
@Drengr813 күн бұрын
Really well said man
@Againsthegradient6 жыл бұрын
College really pushed me to hate this guy but once leaving that realm of "Disney is the best" I really found a new appreciation for his films.
@user-xh6ju3pg8c3 жыл бұрын
"Disney is the worst" now...
@dirkdiggler.2 жыл бұрын
What fucking college did you go to?
@mistersudz1022 жыл бұрын
@@dirkdiggler. seriously
@dirkdiggler.2 жыл бұрын
@@mistersudz102 ya, no college students suck the teet of the mouse. And individuality is championed at campuses
@crimsondynamo6152 жыл бұрын
@@dirkdiggler. maybe he discovered bakshi movies when he was in college. I discovered his movies when i was in high school and it certainly was enlightening.
@neilworms26 жыл бұрын
Bakshi always struck me as wonderfully ambitious and woefully immature. I think the latter is what has kept serious adult animation a novelty in America. My favorite film of his is Heavy Traffic, but even while it has moments of brilliance it feels drenched in a kind of adolescent sleaze. I kind of wish someone as talented as Satoshi Kon stepped in at this time period, (or Plague Dogs was made about 10 years earlier) as early 70s hollywood was probably the only time American cinema could have adopted animation as a serious medium.
@alejandrorivas45856 жыл бұрын
Neil Clingerman a satoshi kon would definitely have changed our cinema, but theres a larger precedent for that sort of immaturity. He never said as much, but all of his films smell of the ennui of JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
@wyattcamp67626 жыл бұрын
Neil Clingerman I think that in creating such crude worlds, his movies ended up being juvenile. Satoshi Kon would have been a fantastic addition at this time but a decent amount of his work works best with present day settings. He would adapt but then we wouldn't have Paranoia Agent or Paprika.
5 жыл бұрын
On the other side, i think his style is in perfect balance, has both serious stuff and cartoon comedy, exactly what makes it so unique
@FranklinBlunt5 жыл бұрын
Immature? Or reflective of society? People may easily confuse them.
@killergoose76434 жыл бұрын
A controversial opinion but I kind of agree
@Xelets6 жыл бұрын
The Amazing World Of Ralphball.
@canaisyoung36014 жыл бұрын
I'd pay to see a Ben Bocquelet/Ralph Bakshi collab. It'd probably be illegal to show in some countries, given Ralph's art and Ben's cynicism.
@jimjamjones53357 жыл бұрын
Bakshi is one of the greatest movie animators, tracers what ever. Ever since I saw wizards his films have just got a string that is ready to be struck. He has such a style that is so gritty that its exceedingly tasteful.
@patrickmarsh25384 жыл бұрын
Had no idea he did Wizards
@birdleaf037 жыл бұрын
Ralph inspires me to become an animator.. Far out..
@yukowolfang86454 жыл бұрын
*BOOOOOM*
@AugustBreak6 жыл бұрын
Bakshi’s work is interesting to me. Especially with his work in the 60s, it’s almost a parody of the typical American life. It reminds me a lot of how I grew up. I grew up in a rich (for the first part of my life and then poor for the rest of it) white family. I had this expectation that I would be as an adult what I thought adults like me would behave like. Live in a suburban home with nice neighbors, work at a job with a bunch of other men my age, occasionally drink beer and shop at Target. Then as I grew up I realized how grimy and atypical the world is. I had a moment after a night of binge weed smoking where I thought “oh god I’m ghetto this isn’t how my life should be”. I’ve realized now that it’s just what life is like. It’s dirty and it’s grimy. That’s what fascinates me about Bakshi. Where other cartoons show these clean and sanitized worlds, we see the real, dirty, grimy world that is city life. I love it.
@KenyoMurabu6 жыл бұрын
You went from a Rich Life with good neighbors to Drinking & Smoking & visiting Target, to the Poor Life? Did you even redeem yourself even a little? I take it, when half the money was gone, it wasn't enough to convince you to think? Somethings wrong here? Anyways, good luck in the future, glad ya figured things out... =D Btw, the world is not dirt... There are good people out there, you just need to find them... They are pretty much the rare kind that are found in the least of most places you'd think to look... Good Neighborhoods with good friendships may have a decent person in them or so, but if you live in a large city, your not likely to find probably anyone who is this special... You might find a worker who is willing to help get you cleaned up, but I mean, it's pretty rare to find people like this... But you are right, there are pretty crummy people out in the world, some are worst then others, o_@ The Animations by Bakshi, is pretty good, & they do show real life problems, & they are not like anything today... I do like their work, however some of it is over done to the extreme, like where they are out of control, but it's not about the theme or what happens that he's good at, it's his Art Style, his Stories... That are good... Like his Lord Of The Rings (1978), & Rock & Rule (1983), ^_-
@coolguy025365 жыл бұрын
It's dirty, it's grimy, it's all slimy.
@magicman31634 жыл бұрын
August Break aren’t his movies about bad urban life in the 70’s
@IndeedVancho7 жыл бұрын
this is good food to sample in a song.
@yunghoodie75346 жыл бұрын
Austin Esquillin they have a Tyler the Creator song called garbage that has scenes of this in there. But no sounds of the show
@mateodavidgutierrezgonzale65566 жыл бұрын
Waiting for MF DOOM to pick this up, unless he already did.
@jonnyboi90266 жыл бұрын
The video has been used in some synced rap video's. Swaggerlikeuz is a good channel to find toons and hiphop synced.
@alejandrorivas45856 жыл бұрын
Mateo David Gutierrez Gonzalez very mf doom, that audio texture
@guywhoever45185 жыл бұрын
Done
@stphnmrrs39824 жыл бұрын
Bakshi's films are the animated equivalent of the poems and books of the Beat Generation. Even tho they came out a too late to be embraced by the Beatniks
@SCORPION891995 ай бұрын
Ralph bakshi, I never really understood this guy was he just did he just enjoy showing pain and anger and disturbing stuff and his cartoons was he trying to make a point that this is just the way life is because some of the stuff he puts in his cartoons seems pro-communist and anti-American, according to his cartoons of what I've watched, he seemed to be pro-communist he didn't seem to like America very much it's fine to show the problems in everyday America but if that's all you do all the time you're not doing you yourself or anybody else any favors he didn't really offer any solutions he just basically showed how evil and how dark and how strange and how to pray the world is but he never did anything really positive not to the extent that he had a movie like that it was always about drugs and racism and why does he always make the cops and the pigs that's anti-American yes some cops are pigs and they don't care about the law but that doesn't mean all cops and to say that it does mean that makes you an anti-American and makes you throw Marxism which is not only that but a lot of the problems that we have in our country today are because of people who either were pro-communist or let the government be taken over by globalism and socialism (and yes some capitalism is bad if it's crony capitalism this guy was the wrong kind of cynical I don't know why he never made anything butt rough social commentary) he must really have been confused and Ralph must not have understood that a lot of the problems they had in the 60s and 70s and even today are because of the Communists the socialists the marxists and the crony capitalists (not regular capitalism I like the founding fathers intended) in the founding fathers actually had laws and rules to protect businesses and to protect the people who would have been overrun with not only capitalism but big corporations who have no interest in mind except money even if people die for them to get it.
@SCORPION891995 ай бұрын
Everyone who believes that communism or Marxism is good should read the book color communism and common Sense written about a defector in the black community who was a high-ranking Communists who woke up one day and realized that it wasn't helping him and it was making his country worse, whose name was Manning Johnson he died in 1959 but after he left the party in 1945 he spent the next 14 years (until his death in 1959, from a car wreck) he spent the rest of his life exposing the Communist party all they had taught him and their tactics and all of the things that he had been through the Communist party where a lot of people like him who had darker skin were sent to meet people at the Kremlin in Moscow Russia, were the Russians had decided years before that they were going to use soft words and pretend to help black Americans gain their freedom against Jim Crow segregation in the rampant racism that the government was pushing back then. Mr Johnson was blackmailed for thinking differently and he was a government Target because much of the government had been infiltrated by the same people he had parted ways with in 1945 and he realized when he left in that year that he was being used as a sort of Cannon father as well as others that look like him to take down America and divided people even more.
@darktetsuya Жыл бұрын
some years ago I rediscovered 'heavy metal' and it lead me down a rabbit hole of the late 70s/early 80s adult animation... naturally ralph bakshi's stuff wasn't far behind! seen a few of his films, fire and ice, wizards, and probably the hobbit many years ago! something about the gritty visuals, and the way the sound was recorded I've never seen much of anything like it since! I follow his facebook and the one I'm really curious about is american pop, seems like it would be a really good story and sounds like there's a lot of music involved.
@erniewaterson58337 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on Don Bluth. I think he is one of the 20th centuries greatest story tellers in animation. He created arguably one of the greatest animated films of all time "The Secret of NIMH."
@fandude6666 жыл бұрын
you could argue that both Don Bluth and Bakshi did what animation needed, Bluth made movies that showed children movies to be dark and gritty, yet still find hope for a better tomorrow. Bakshi however showed that animation doesn't have to be for kids, or that you don't even need the biggest budget to be successful
@Nyrufa6 жыл бұрын
It wasn't until many years later that I realized most of the sequels to his animated classics tried to imitate disney musicals. The dark, atmospheric artwork even change to being more bright and colorful. Just look at the Land Before Time and then take a look at... like, ANY of its sequels.
@funkyweapon19816 жыл бұрын
Corporate meddling at its worst.
@williamcrowe25766 жыл бұрын
Most times when I think of Don Bluth, I tend to think of the video game trilogy he'd created alongside Rick Dyer.
@ANT96-x8d6 жыл бұрын
The Top 10 Don Bluth movies 10.Rock A Doodle 9.A Troll In Central Park 8.Thumbelina 7.Titan A.E. 6.Anastasia 5.Dragon's Lair 4. An American Tail 3.The Land Before Time 2.The Secret Of NIMH 1.All Dogs Go To Heaven Any comments?
@TheBloodyloon7 жыл бұрын
American Pop is by far the best of his works, and I highly recommended anyone intrigued by this video to watch it. The history of American rock and roll, where beauty grows in the darkest places.
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Late, but it's actually his most middling film and shows that he has a greater understanding of history over music history.
@About2Crash7 жыл бұрын
Fritz the Cat is one of my all time favorite films. He's got great moments in his other work, but it often feels disjointed and a lot of it can pass by you or seem to not be going anywhere. But when he's at his best, its as authentic as film making can get.
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Late, but ironically, R. Crumb disliked that movie and claimed that Bakshi himself was repressed.
@About2Crash2 жыл бұрын
@@SirBlackReeds As much as I love Crumb, he doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to like anybody doing anything with his work, so while I respect his opinion, they seem like completely different works entirely.
@ukmell7 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on flashbacks, and how their used in film. None of you video essay peeps have done one.
@jnru3ns4N37 жыл бұрын
Mel cinefix did a top ten i think where they briefly looked as great usages of flashbacks, though it was brief, it was highly informative
@famuel26047 жыл бұрын
would recommend Folding Ideas second video on man of steel, where he talks about how flashbacks are structured in regards to the rest of the film
@benny11325 жыл бұрын
After watching some of these clips of his movies I feel cold. Not literally but figuratively. Just cold. As if I’m just sitting down and watching the world destroy itself not even caring. And just feeling cold and sad
@PurpYoshii3 жыл бұрын
kinda like the real world
@NintendasticoAnimations Жыл бұрын
After I read that comment, I saw this: 2:36
@StephenWorth3 жыл бұрын
If you want to see the essence of Ralph, check out Last Days of Coney Island. He made that pretty much by himself in his 80s. It's pure Bakshi.
@supyoist7 жыл бұрын
God, I love that exchange you put in there at the end. Just as true today, kids like to employ the term "existential" to make themselves sound deep and it's all just losing its meaning. Great video as always.
@redcrowinparadise6 жыл бұрын
Stop getting mad about Youth of Today in Current Year you fuckin snob.
@ZeebouSpace6 жыл бұрын
I agree, but there are always other intelligent words you can use.
@JackOfen6 жыл бұрын
It's not about the kids of "today" it's about college kids in general, who think they have the world figured out and are smarter then everyone else, but in reality have no clue how the real world works, because they have been so sheltered and pampered.
@kongtzi27046 жыл бұрын
It's been happening since even before the term was actually introduced to the English speaking world.
@milascave26 жыл бұрын
Not just today. Baskhi made that commentary back in the sixties.
@kingamoeboid38876 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised that Ralph carried a tape recorder to record dialogue which he makes the dialogue seem genuine.
@dildonius6 жыл бұрын
The One Man Army I think he only did that for Heavy Traffic, because that film called for many scenes that divert from the main story to take a look at the people of the world the main character resides in, as well as using real people for the backgrounds to help paint a clearer picture of that world. Oh. Actually I think he did a little of that in Fritz the Cat.
@russianfunkerroma5 жыл бұрын
@@dildonius He also did that before in Fritz the Cat. Dialogues in bars and workers dialogue in the intro scene were recorded with random people.
@samguy76547 жыл бұрын
This video just introduced me to Ralph Bakshi.. seems really *cool* and *existential*..
@JaquesBobe7 жыл бұрын
His colour pallet and animation style just depresses me whenever I look at his films... and not in a good way. Anyone else?
@TalhaMansoor7 жыл бұрын
I think it's meant to be like that
@jasperpuccinelli58567 жыл бұрын
Nurpus I like it, the color pallets evokes the bright lights and dark corners of big city life, and in a mystical setting it works almost as well
@SebastianTinajero7 жыл бұрын
Nurpus i think that's what beautiful about art it evokes different feelings in every different person, for me his color pallet gives me almost a nostalgic feeling without the nostalgia , a weird appealing feeling about the real world instead of the bright always happy clean looks that most animation back then focused mainly on, the crooks and crannies the dirt no one looks into. Kinda like the difference in feeling and atmosphere a dive bar gives as oppose to a fancy club
@SpiritOfRadio21127 жыл бұрын
Being depressed isn't supposed to feel good.
@jmwilliams887 жыл бұрын
Same for me. I know it's intentional, but his visual aesthetic is aggressively ugly.
@mauriciocamposnoemi97216 жыл бұрын
American Pop is one of the most underated films of all times
@dildonius6 жыл бұрын
Mauricio Campos Noemi as is most of not all of Bakshis films. Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Heavy Traffic, LotR...
@osmanyousif78493 жыл бұрын
What about Fire and Ice?
@CesarACastillo5 жыл бұрын
Eddie's stories are the real Soups for the Soul books. He doesn't censor life and more people need to appreciate his work.
@buh2001j7 жыл бұрын
I love Bakshi and I really wanted to enjoy this video but it comes off as a shallow reading of him and his work. Nothing from Last Days of Coney Island? He didn't write 'Cool World' and had the entire concept of the script changed on him, so it seems like a cheap shot calling it a 'derranged cousin' to be suffered through. There is a lot more to the 'essence of a Ralph Bakshi movie/world' than what you're showing here. You don't talk about his representation of race, or really anything specific. I get that his protagonists are similar but to condense them down to all being the same discredits Bakshi and the films. I'm sure this was made out of appreciation for Bakshi's work but I don't think you're doing him or it justice.
@charliedalencour51417 жыл бұрын
Jesse Sanchez I feel like this is more of a trailer of his work than a video essay. Like I've yet to see any of his films but honestly I was sold at the intro. I was able to watch this, see a sample of who the artist is, and then go on my own and watch his movies and experience all of those great themes you are talking about for my own and have my own thoughts on them. This isn't a replacement for a His regular style of video essays but it's really just not those same types of videos. He's trying something different and though I wouldn't like it for everything I think it works for the artist he was representing
@Blackburn-Arts7 жыл бұрын
I would love to see how he represents Puerto Ricans
@buh2001j7 жыл бұрын
It's the title that messes it up for me more than anything. Calling it 'the world of' sounds far more comprehensive than just 'a sample of the artist's (work)' as you're reading it. The label doesn't match what is in the video. I'm all for people discovering Bakshi -but if this is presenting his 'world' it's a shallow reading of a very significant career.
@uddhavsrivilasan84606 жыл бұрын
He doesn't discredit Bakshi in the least. The video merely offers one person's insight into the creator's creative process, if not the creator's work. As for the specifics, why don't you try sharing what you understood in Bakshi's movies? If you have something to say about the specific representation of racial stereotypes, cultures and whatnot, why not write a blog or post a video essay or something? 'Cause really, if you have something to share then don't keep it all to yourself.
@fissshy76 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think we can cut the guy some slack for not being exact with his titles, he's not trying to do a documentary nor a thorough video on the issue, it's shallow, but just a prompt to let you know what he's talking about. Not all his, or anybodies videos needs to be all the nine yards, he does a quick analysis, what he see's from the movies and their core, and thats that, already hooked. It's hard to give credit to every protag that Ralph has done, so he tries to make a comparison between them all to intrigue people in all of the movies, not just one or two.
@bigbillyc98784 жыл бұрын
The smugness he exudes in this video is kinda infectious.
@gallumsgorner61854 жыл бұрын
‘The World of Ralph Bakshi’ is the world we live in.
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Late, but it's actually closer to the world of Fahrenheit 451.
@matiasgabriel96653 жыл бұрын
Please, Anyone can to give me name of the jazz songs?
@TrashPics047 жыл бұрын
I would add that his world, mannerisms etc are very late 60's toearly 70's. You got to watch at least one or two of his films to get a better understanding, or at least feeling of this time.
@petersmith96337 жыл бұрын
Love Bakshi, and American Pop is one of my all time favorite films.
@spermario64707 жыл бұрын
He has a bleak outlook on life
@Goblindeez9356 жыл бұрын
VIDEO OVER
@cruzgonzalez70616 жыл бұрын
Morbidcrab Edgy.
@FranklinBlunt5 жыл бұрын
More than that. Obviously, he was complex, like all people; observant, protective, struggling to live without the why; a complement & conflict between crass modern cynicism (very different than classic Cynics who promoted Virtue & Aestheticism) & hopeful optimism, essentially Good vs Evil, yet Bakshi had faith & always seems to have the former prevail. Keep your faith.
@kyleshiflet99524 жыл бұрын
When it comes to animators Bakshi and Tex Avery are my favorite cause both are talented animators and did so much for the animation world
@paleoartstudios783 Жыл бұрын
Great video. The 20-something writer sounds a lot like me. I relate to him very much with my love for writing, drawing, and fantasy.
@Herowebcomics4 жыл бұрын
I enjoy seeing how reality looks through the filter of an artist like this!
@lilyxxxxxx71463 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that absolutely loves the lord of the rings 1978? Almost more than the live action movies? 👉👈👀
@kingkash48696 жыл бұрын
animation is really a beautiful art. makes my eyes water with emotion
@livndeadgrl05557 жыл бұрын
I loved Ralph Bakshi's movies n Don Bluth's films as well n color palletes in both of them. too bad movies aren't made that good anymore...
@ianrotten44533 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this upload. I've been waiting for someone to finally cover 70'/80's American/Canadian adult animation. I've been a fan ever since I saw Fritz The Cat and Rock & Rule back in the early 80's. It's my favorite form of storytelling. These guys along with Bakshi, are (in my mind), what Walt Disney should've been. Someday, Criterion should release all of these gems in a box set.
@carolyns45196 ай бұрын
I've been praying for a Bakshi Criterion set for years. The Criterion Channel hosted Coonskin a while ago so he's on their radar...one can only dream...
@JohnOchuro7 жыл бұрын
I'm so confused!
@PIKMIN_PROPHET7126 жыл бұрын
Check out *ROCK & RULE* mate
@bladeobrian21445 жыл бұрын
"Italian Father and Jewish Mother"? I know what that's like.....
@davidmouser5967 жыл бұрын
They killed Fritz!
@superpan218 Жыл бұрын
"There's a room where the deranged cousin lives, but no one likes to talk about him." Considering that Cool World was such a failure for Bakshi, it practically ended his animation career.
@gabe_s_videos5 жыл бұрын
The mother in Heavy Traffic was my aunt Terry! She was nowhere near as cynical, though.
@slicedtopieces7 жыл бұрын
Fritz the Cat blew my mind. The 70s was a violent time and I had no idea...
@dildonius6 жыл бұрын
Hugh Walker every era of humanity is a violent time. Today is no different
@angelusdemorte34 жыл бұрын
This is superbly done! For such an underrated creator...
@bluedragon99255 жыл бұрын
I know *a lot* of people are gonna disagree with me on this, but I honestly think Ralph Bakshi is one of the most overrated animators of all time... Enough that I honestly have a *very* hard time taking his opinions on animation seriously... It's hard to take his opinions on animation *(especially* his criticisms of "Disney Acting") seriously when almost every single one of his films honestly look really, really bad even for their time thanks entirely to their *ugly as sin* art direction and their heavy over-reliance on *extremely lazy* animation techniques like Rotoscoping, the hand-drawn equivalent of Motion Capture...
@nerdsman5676 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I would've LOVED to have seen Ralph Bakshi direct an animated adult- oriented retelling of "Alice in Wonderland." While I'm not exactly a die-hard fan of Bakshi's work, I do admire some of his visual sensibilities in animation and I think he could've done some very unique and interesting things, both visually and thematically, with his version of "Wonderland." Especially since the story of Alice parallels with a lot of Bakshi's recurring themes in his films as mentioned here, with the main character wanting more out of life and taking refuge within their own imaginary world as a means of escaping their everyday life.
@axelpatrickb.pingol32285 жыл бұрын
Why bother with that? Just go read Lost Girls by Alan Moore...
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Late, but why in addition to what Axel said, you could also just play through the American McGee Alice games.