Review of Heavy Traffic (1973) by Tim S — 17 Jan 2012
To me, there's always been the Ralph Bakshi movie that everybody has seen (The Lord of the Rings) and then there are the rest that nobody has seen. Heavy Traffic is one of them, along with Coonskin and Fritz the Cat.
These films are definitely not for everybody, but if you have a little bit of taste and perhaps an open mind, then you may just enjoy this trip. It's a very cerebral kind of movie, with a lot of visuals that you either get or don't get.
The film also has a nice story to it: two people stuck in a ghetto looking for a way out. Along the way, they run into every kind of obstacle while we see it as nothing more than a game on a pinball machine.
I know that's not a great description, but trying to describe this film is like trying to describe the color red. It has racism, sexuality and just true-to-life things going on in it. This definitely isn't a kids film, and Bakshi never intended it to be.
It shocks me that these films ever got made in the first place, but I'm thrilled that they did. Oh, I'm still very curious about what was taken out of the X rated version of it.
This review of Heavy Traffic (1973) was written by Tim S on 17 Jan 2012.
Heavy Traffic has generally received positive reviews.
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