IMDb plot summary: On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.
Directed by Ralph Bakshi. Starring Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, and Richard Romanus.
Wizards is a Ralph Bakshi animated movie set millions of years in the future, after humanity nuclear bombed itself nearly to extinction, and now there is an evil wizard who wants to... use World War 2 footage to inspire an evil army to... bring technology back? Look, this plot doesn't make even a tiny bit of sense, but fortunately it mostly doesn't have to. This movie is ALL about vibes, and it brings the vibes in full force. Bakshi's animation is truly stunning here, a surprising combination of these garishly colorful cartoon characters and these horrifying suggestive silhouettes and then sometimes, abruptly, live action news reel style footage. It reminds me, very loosely, of Mad God, in that it's creating this fascinating post-apocalyptic world that I don't understand at all but am so intrigued by. But while Mad God refused to deliver *any* concrete worldbuilding, Wizards delivers just enough to satisfy my curiosity and then just plays around with it. It's such a bizarre movie and I can't think of much else like it, but I had a surprisingly great time with it and am glad I saw it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Wizards > Kinky Boots the Musical
Wizards > Anna Karenina
Wizards < Secretary
Wizards < The Farewell
Wizards > Barbarian
Wizards < The Scarlet and the Black
Wizards < The Hunger Games
Wizards < Music and Lyrics
Wizards < The Road Warrior
Wizards < Sansho the Bailiff
Wizards < Shiva Baby
Wizards < City Lights
Final spot: #822 out of 3761, or 78%.
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