Cool World

Cool World

1992 · 102 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.7 (838 votes)
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · Starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Michele Abrams, Deirdre O'Connell, Janni Brenn · Music Mark Isham

“Holli Would if she could ...and she will”

AnimationComedyFantasy

While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

VIBE

A vibrant, visually audacious trip into a surreal, neon-soaked world where animated desires collide with live-action reality. It's a pulpy, adult fantasy brimming with chaotic energy, seductive allure, and a distinctly '90s alt-culture edge. Expect a wild, rule-breaking ride.

SurrealSeductiveChaoticPulpySleazypropulsiveLive-action/animation hybridNeo-noirAdult animationComic book aestheticFantasy vs. RealityDesireCreationTransgression
cartoonseductioncomic bookalternate dimensionlas vegasadult animationcartoonistlive action and animation
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