when i was young, there was a period during which animators anthropomorphized animals to the logical limit: animals became human in every respect except for a button rodent nose. perhaps the animal features compensated for the characters' highly sexual bodies, but instead of deadening the human-animals' sex appeal, the style imbued the paradoxical creatures with some kind of otherworldly beauty. as a kid, i found myself strangely attracted to these big-breasted chipmunk creatures.
no movie better exemplifies this style than "rock and rule," which features the voices and vocal talents of lou reed, debbie harry, cheap trick, and iggy pop. my friend k gave the movie to me for christmas; evidently it is quite rare. sadly, one night at a party, someone stole the tape from my house.
here's the final scene:
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