Thursday, July 2, 2015

Cleopatra (1970)


Nippon Herald (Japan)
Directed by Osamu Tazuka and Eiichi Yamamoto
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
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Time travelers from the future are sent back in time to ancient Egypt, well their "souls" are at least, when threatened by invading aliens using the code name "Cleopatra". One of them actually becomes the queen after an interesting transformation, another becomes her horny cat and the last her slave. Cleopatra falls in love with ulius Caesar, follows him to Rome, only to be tricked into killing him. Marcus Antonius and Octavius soon follow a similar path. Audacious anime from directors Tezuka and Yamamoto, filled with nudity and sex, but alsofrequent breaks for psychedelic excursions influenced strongly by art history. Ralph Bakshi would explore similar territory a couple of years later with Fritz the Cat.

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