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American Pop

  • 1981
  • R
  • 1 h 36 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
7,2/10
5,8 mil
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American Pop (1981)
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Adult AnimationEpicHand-Drawn AnimationHistorical EpicJukebox MusicalPop MusicalRock MusicalAnimationDramaHistory

A história de quatro gerações de uma família de músicos descendentes de imigrantes judeus russos ao longo do século XX.A história de quatro gerações de uma família de músicos descendentes de imigrantes judeus russos ao longo do século XX.A história de quatro gerações de uma família de músicos descendentes de imigrantes judeus russos ao longo do século XX.

  • Direção
    • Ralph Bakshi
  • Roteirista
    • Ronni Kern
  • Artistas
    • Mews Small
    • Ron Thompson
    • Jerry Holland
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    7,2/10
    5,8 mil
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    • Direção
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Roteirista
      • Ronni Kern
    • Artistas
      • Mews Small
      • Ron Thompson
      • Jerry Holland
    • 92Avaliações de usuários
    • 49Avaliações da crítica
    • 57Metascore
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    Mews Small
    Mews Small
    • Frankie
    • (narração)
    • (as Marya Small)
    Ron Thompson
    Ron Thompson
    • Tony
    • (narração)
    • …
    Jerry Holland
    • Louie
    • (narração)
    Lisa Jane Persky
    Lisa Jane Persky
    • Bella
    • (narração)
    Jeffrey Lippa
    • Zalmie
    • (narração)
    Roz Kelly
    • Eva Tanguay
    • (narração)
    Frank DeKova
    Frank DeKova
    • Crisco
    • (narração)
    • (as Frank De Kova)
    Rick Singer
    • Benny
    • (narração)
    • (as Richard Singer)
    Elsa Raven
    Elsa Raven
    • Hannele
    • (narração)
    Ben Frommer
    • Palumbo
    • (narração)
    Amy Levitt
    Amy Levitt
    • Nancy
    • (narração)
    Leonard Stone
    Leonard Stone
    • Leo Stern
    • (narração)
    Eric Taslitz
    • Little Pete
    • (narração)
    Gene Borkan
    • Izzy
    • (narração)
    Richard Moll
    Richard Moll
    • Beat Poet
    • (narração)
    Beatrice Colen
    Beatrice Colen
    • Prostitute
    • (narração)
    Vincent Schiavelli
    Vincent Schiavelli
    • Theatre Owner
    • (narração)
    Hilary Beane
    • Showgirl #1
    • (narração)
    • Direção
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Roteirista
      • Ronni Kern
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    Avaliações de usuários92

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    mercer74

    At-times-corny-hodgepodge, yet quirky, offbeat, and strangely touching

    I won't go so far as to call this movie a masterpiece, but I do have a special weakness for Ralph Bakshi for some reason, and I enjoyed this film despite the awkward non-uniform animation (involving heavy use of rotoscoping), the corniness of some moments, and the bizarre contexts into which some popular songs are placed (e.g. a Bob Dylan song being composed by some fictional character on a bus, and - as another reviewer commented - a Bob Seger song somehow being considered punk).

    Nevertheless, there are several things I enjoyed about "American Pop". Rather than a single individual, the "protagonist" is a "familial line"; one could even say the protagonist of this movie is a "creative spark" that passes from father to son. It was interesting how we were shown that the same creative spark which expresses itself through popular music is intimately intertwined with the sexual urge - and hence the urge to "keep the spark alive" by passing it to the next generation.

    It's also very interesting to see a movie about popular music as a whole throughout the twentieth century, as opposed to being confined to one particular decade. In fact, on one level, "American Pop" is simply an entertaining history of twentieth century popular music, a history which is embellished by the presence of four characters which represent different points in that century insofar as they "could have written" the songs of their particular time.

    Finally, one of my favourite aspects of "American Pop" is alluded to by the second word of the title: "Pop". "Pop" is, of course, short for "popular", and in this film we see that these characters' choice to express themselves via the medium of popular music (rather than, say, classical music or classical painting) is very closely wound up with the fact that these are all quite down-to-earth, everyday types of people who sometimes experience the grittier side of life.

    On a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give "American Pop" either a 7 or an 8.
    870shoe

    Well Done. Aces for Bakshi

    What a genuinely interesting and touching film. The rotoscoped animation may not be everyone's cup of tea but it works just fine here. I honestly think it's use was a big plus as it gives this human story a human, life like quality.

    If this was done today it would be slopping over with re-do tunes by current pop nobodies to jam onto a "music from and inspired by" CD not to mention it would be poorly cast with Hollywood no talents.

    The casting here doesn't leave you straining to identify celebs, it just has good actors portraying good characters. You focus on the story of the family, which after all is the point.

    Underrated and very much worth your time.
    8dividebyzero

    Good. Especially if you're a music geek, like me.

    I love the animation style used in this movie. The interlacing of real footage and photos from earlier times brings a level of realism not seen in many animated films. The characters move realistically as well; minute body language is portrayed well. Voice overs are great. Of course it's not "Disney quality", but it's got a grittiness to it that truly makes it original.

    Now I can see how one could criticize this movie. Basically, it all depends on how you watch it. If you watch it as a drama, you'll be disappointed. The plot is very centered around the one tragic late hippieish character, and is pretty simple and predictable. But there's a certain amount of charm within the overall story, kind of a sad, but beautiful shine.

    If you watch it more as a musical, the movie works fine. The songs chosen are fantastic, and they totally underline the feel of the scenes in which they are used. In one of the first scenes, taking place in Czar-era Russia, there is no dialogue, only subtitles (giving it a great historical feel). The soundtrack is a sad and stirring Russian song sung acappella. You really get a sense of what the characters were going through.

    This style continues throughout the movie. One of the most emotional scenes, for me, takes place in a cornfield, with the character torn apart with what he's done with his life. Janis Joplin's version of "Summertime" (an interesting choice, perhaps a hint of a throwback to earlier eras, as it is a Gershwin tune) as haunting as ever plays as the character cries. Messed up. But well done.

    Jimi Hendrix has a cameo. A pseudo-Joplin/Slick character has a major role. A Sex Pistols parody jams it out. Late 70s corporate goons are running the studio. Great fun.

    And that's how you have to enjoy the movie; and that's probably why music geeks will love it more than anyone else.
    Alix_Sunder

    Rock Epic

    A story that transcends through the generations of a family. Starting in the "roaring" '20's the movie begins with the life of an immigrant boy and carries the viewer through a tapestry of jazz, swing, blues, classic rock, and early 80's rock. A completely different look than previous or later Bakshi works, but with the same quality. A must see if you want to forget you're watching an animated movie.
    6davidmvining

    Bakshi's best film is almost pretty good

    Probably Ralph Bakshi's most complex and ambitious film, American Pop is a look at four generations of musicians through the history of America across the twentieth century. Based on a script by Ronni Kern, the film holds a surprising amount of interest for its first half, easily being the best work Bakshi had ever done over a sustained period of animation, it can't really sustain that for the whole thing, steadily degrading through its second half with a pair of less interesting characters to carry the way. And still, no one casts a shadow ever.

    Zalmie (Jeffrey Lippa) flees Czarist Russia with his mother while his father, a rabbi, is murdered by the Cossacks. In America, the young boy meets a musical promoter, Louie (Jerry Holland) who, when Zalmie's mother dies in an industrial fire, becomes Zalmie's surrogate father, taking him through the vaudeville circuit in the early years of the twentieth century. Seemingly trapped in a perpetual physical adolescence, especially when his voice won't mature, they go to war in Europe as entertainers when America gets involved in the Great War where Zalmie gets shot through the neck which forces his voice to mature. Back home, he meets Bella (Lisa Jane Persky), a stripper that he falls in love with and has a boy with, Benny (Richard Singer). A virtuoso, he spurns the expected of him, though he does marry a mob princess to appease his father before heading to war himself as a soldier in WWII.

    Now, these first two members of the four generations are actually really interesting. Zalmie forged a life through grit and endurance in America, a place where he didn't know the language. He raises a boy with extreme musical talent that he wants the best for, but Benny doesn't want to do as he's told. He heads to Europe to fight, a place where his musical genius will never be appreciated, and where it does get appreciated is the kind of beautiful irony that can come about in a war, where two people connect through something universal like music, if only for a moment that can't last.

    This is also where Bakshi embraces montage first in a showy way, and it's really interesting. It juxtaposes the music of the 40s with images of fighting in Europe and flashes of people dancing back home, showing the kind of life that Benny chose for himself. It's really interesting.

    And then Benny's son Tony (Ron Thompson) takes over, and the movie just becomes kind of directionless and without much in terms of any narrative drive. This may be appropriate because Tony himself is an aimless character without much in the way of drive. He goes to underground beatnik meetings in the early 50s. He wanders the streets of New York at night. His younger half-siblings have no idea how to deal with him (as well as his mother), and he takes a bit of cash from his own drawer and heads west, having a one-night stand with a waitress in Kansas, before riding the rail all the way to California where, completely talentless in music, ends up writing music for a Janis Joplin-like singer Frankie (Mews Small). It's all of these interactions with the band that feels most aimless since it's both weird that Tony becomes so important to them but also gets cast aside so easily. I suppose there's something about him being a drugged out loser, but the leaving seems to happen while he's in the hospital from falling during a concert (while drugged out, of course).

    He catches up, joins their tour until Kansas when Frankie dies of an overdose and, coincidentally, Tony's son with the waitress, Pete (also Thompson), is waiting there just to listen. Tony figures out the connection, and he brings Pete along to New York where Tony slowly dies of his drug addiction. This whole Tony section is a drag. It's not without merit, it provides a kind of look at the 60s that resembles a more refined take than some of what Bakshi had been trying to do in Fritz the Cat, but it simply takes too long, and the part of the film that probably suffers most for it is the final section around Pete through the 70s. He's a drug dealer who wants a band to play his music. Most of the section is a surrealist look at Pete handing off drugs throughout the city, which is interesting to watch, and then he gets the band to let him play and we get a final montage of Pete playing his music over images from the film. Pete is barely a character, and I could have really used another ten minutes with him, especially at the expense of Tony.

    This is really interesting stuff overall. I don't think it comes together, to be honest, but it might be Bakshi's best film anyway. It's his most restrained and focused stylistically while telling an ambitious story of generations and the changing of America. It drags for too long at the wrong time, but the look at America is still evocative at the same time. Performances are surprisingly strong, and there are actually a couple of moments of real emotion to be had.

    This is something that, if Bakshi had been a better storyteller, could have been really interesting. Unfortunately, his reach exceeded his grasp, and he couldn't make it quite work. This film is probably looked at best as a survey of American music over the course of about 70 years, but there's still an attempt at story to be dealt with.

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    • Curiosidades
      The two dancers in the "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" montage are The Nicholas Brothers, Harold Nicholas and Fayard Nicholas. The animators directly rotoscoped their dance from Tempestade de Ritmo (1943).
    • Erros de gravação
      Zalmie and his mother flee the czar in Russia but when they are in the US they speak what some people mistakenly assume is German. They're actually speaking Yiddish, which is similar to German and was the language spoken by Jews in Russia at the time.
    • Citações

      Zalmie: Hey, Louie. I just seen the most beautiful thing I ever seen in the whole world.

      Louie: Some pre-Prohibition booze, huh?

      Zalmie: No. I seen the stripper gettin' dressed.

      Louie: A stripper gettin' dressed ain't beautiful unless she's ugly to begin with.

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      Disclaimer before soundtrack listings: The following songs were depicted as being written by fictional characters. The producer would like to thank the true composers.
    • Versões alternativas
      In some versions of the film, dialog has been redone in at last two scenes, presumably to make points more clear. For example, in Little Pete's first scene, he is asked what his Dad would say about him hanging backstage with a rock band. In one version, Pete says "Nothing. He's dead." In the other version, he instead says "I never met my Dad. He's some kind of mystery" (which serves as a better setup for information learned later) Also, Tony returns to the band's apartment after his release from the hospital, only to find they have moved out. In both versions, under 'People Are Strange,' we hear him on the phone with a friend, but the phone conversations begin completely differently. In one we never learn what happened to the band, only that they seemed to have moved out and left Tony behind, while in the other we learn that the band has gone on to big things, with a gold album. Both versions' phone calls end the same way, though, with Tony desperately asking his friend for money or drugs.
    • Conexões
      Edited from Aplausos (1929)
    • Trilhas sonoras
      American Pop Overture
      Arranged by Lee Holdridge

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      • 31 de outubro de 1983 (Brasil)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
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      • Bakshi Productions
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