The unprecedented success of Bozzetto's WEST AND SODA ensured a more ambitious follow-up with the aid of American financiers. Biting the hand that fed him (Bozzetto had primarily been involved in making animated commercials), he came up with a sharply satirical narrative about the perils inherent in incessant commercial spoon-feeding to Italian TV audiences.
A rip-roaring parody of superhero films. The young ones will enjoy the cute characters and derring-do.
I picked his up at a Wal-mart for a buck because I knew of the 1977 release, _Allegro Non Troppo_, from Bruno Bozetto. But there are about ten years between these films, and the growth between them shows.
