The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Pros: "Kick Me", "Closed Mondays", "French Windows" (mainly Pink Floyd), "Light", "Mountain Music", "Mirror People", bits of "Room and Board", already seen "Bambi Meets Godzilla", "Cat's Cradle" and "Mechanical Monsters" Cons: "A Short History of the Wheel", bits of "Cosmic Cartoon" (nudity mostly), "Oiseau de nuit"

bizarre addition--a 1940s Superman cartoon latter portion--TV animations such as Levis and 7-11While I only give this collection of animated films a 6, I still recommend you see it--which might not make much sense. Let me explain. The quality of independent animation in the 60s and 70s was very, very poor. Much of it might have been because the great studios had either shut down (think Looney Tunes and MGM) or gone dormant (think Disney). In its place you had lots and lots of Hannah-Barbera--with offerings like "Speed Buggy", "Huckleberry Hound", "Inch High, Private Eye" and the godawful "Bionic Stooges". And, given the appalling quality of these cartoons (see them yourself now that you've grown up and you'll see what I mean), it's surprising ANY decent animations were created at this time. Now I am not saying the films are all great--several are pretty bad. But a few, such as "French Windows" and "Closed Mondays" are still marvelous to watch. And, to get a decent overview of the times, it is worth seeing.By the way, the collection, at times, seems rather randomly tossed together. Among all these films of the 70s is a Superman cartoon from 1941 (why???) and some animated TV ads for 7-Up and Levis. Odd....

I was about 5 when I first saw this movie it was on video. Being 5 and watching the tripped out animation of the 70's, some set to Pink Floyd was actually terrifying to me, but I kept watching this video repeatedly like many 5 years old like to do with videos. I couldn't even watch it by myself I made my brother stay with me with lights on and door open. I liked being scared and tried to figure the cartoons out. They didn't make sense to me and I think that is why it frightened me to watch. It still haunts, but intrigues me. I am a fan, but do not recommend young children to watch, because it is hard to understand at such a young age. I think you need to be around 10 to understand that it is art, and that some cartoons have a meaning, and some don't.

I was twelve years old when I saw this compilation of shorts and it confirmed for me that animation could be a vehicle for both art and commentary. I had seen Lenny Bruce's "Thank You Masked Man", Bakshi's "Fritz the Cat" and "Heavy Traffic" and the classic "Savage Planet" or "La Planete sauvage" as it was originally released, so I was hungry for the proliferation of this genre beyond the mass media of Scooby-Do. Unfortunately the seventies would be the high water mark for animation, and while talented artist such as Bill Plympton and Nick Park do their best to break into the main stream, animation is still dominated by Disney and their endless string of banal feature films. Given the quality of the last non-Disney feature release Don Bluth's "Titan A.E.", we must pin all our hopes on the Cartoon Network. With any luck, the crazy vision of "Courage the Cowardly Dog", "Sponge Bob", and the often brilliant "Power Puff Girls" and "Dexter's Laboratory" will once again bring us animated features that match up to classics represented in the "Fantastic Animation Festival".