Fire And Ice (1983)
from Reel Deep Dive Hosted by Ryan Valentine
A heavily-rotoscoped sword and sorcery adventure film produced by iconoclastic animator Ralph Bakshi and beloved fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, Fire and Ice's crew featured such notables as Peter Chung (Æon Flux), James Gurney (Dinotopia), Maggie Roswell (The Simpsons), Roy Thomas (Conan), Gerry Conway (Spider-Man), and Thomas Kinkade (a bunch of ugly paintings at your local Hallmark dealer). Greenlit because of the recent success of Conan The Barbarian (1982) and The Beastmaster (1982), Fire and Ice was quickly churned out under a miniscule budget. It was greeted with miserable reviews and underwhelming ticket sales, but it gradually grew a modest cult audience on home video and there are occasional threats from Hollywood to do a remake. Ryan is joined by Sylvan and Cheryl for a close look at this odd little movie. Discussion topics include Frank Frazetta's artistry, how Fire and Ice compares to Bakshi's prior film Wizards (1977), male power fantasies, queercoding, and how the movie's discomforting racial subtext is rooted in the fantasy genre as a whole.
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