Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic is a 1973 American adult animated comedydrama film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film, which begins, ends, and occasionally combines with liveaction, explores the often surreal fantasies of a young New York cartoonist named Michael Corleone, using pinball imagery as a metaphor for innercity life. Heavy Traffic was Bakshi and producer Steve Krantzs followup to the successful and coolly controversial film Fritz the Cat, the first animated feature to receive an X rating. Though producer Krantz made varied attempts to produce an Rrated film, Heavy Traffic was given an X rating by the MPAA. The film received positive reviews and is widely considered to be Bakshis biggest critical success.

Shorty offers to let Carole stay at his place, but not wanting to get involved with him, Carole tells Shorty that shes staying with Michael, and that theyve been secretly tight for a long time. Michael is turned on by her nononsense attitude and strong sense of selfreliance. This relationship also arouses his fathers racist fury, as well as the jealousy of Shorty. But Rosa comes over to rape Michael while Angie slaps Ida in the face with a gun. Michael and Carole decide to move out of Michaels parents house and try to earn enough money to move to California, in order to avoid Shorty. Michael gets a chance to pitch a comic strip idea to an old executive lying on his death bed, who seems enthusiastic enough to listen to the idea.Michaels story is too much for the mogul and he dies during the pitch. Meanwhile, Carole tries to work as a taxi dancer. Michael, acting as her manager, tries to pass her off as the fourth Andrews Sister cause she was black, they kept her in the background. A quick flash of her panties gives an old man a heart attack, and Carole gets fired. Meanwhile, Angie tries to use his Mafia connections to put a murder contract out on his son for disgracing the family by dating a black woman. The Godfather refuses to do this, because the hit is personal, not business. However, Shorty eventually meets up with Angie, and agrees to do the contract. ........

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