Heavy Traffic

Name: Heavy Traffic
Released: 1973-8-8
Cast: Joseph Kaufmann, Frank Dekova, Terri Haven, Mary Dean Lauria

Heavy Traffic

NR
1h 17m
1973

89%

An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.

Director:

Ralph Bakshi

Cast:

Joseph Kaufmann, Frank Dekova, Terri Haven, Mary Dean Lauria

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Reviews

Aisle Seat

Mike McGranaghan

Heavy Traffic may be a bit dated in terms of its distinct '70s tone, but that doesn't make it any less fascinating. If you're a fan of the animation genre, this certainly qualifies as essential viewing.

It's a downbeat, dark fantasia of urban life from a filmmaker trying to understand the darkness of the moment before it slipped away.

Heavy Traffic not only has an authentic tenement toughness but the rough feeling of unassimilated autobiography, of experiences and fantasies still keenly felt.