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Fun on Mars (1971), Sally Cruikshank

Thanks to the indispensable Anthology Film Archives in New York, I discovered Cruikshank’s underground animated work last night, and my head is still reeling 12 hours later. Cruikshank fell into animation her senior year at Smith (where she made the stunning Ducky) and proceeded to create several other trippy, delirious, whimsical, riotously funny shorts. Her cult reputation led to a flirtation with the mainstream — she created the credit sequences for a few Hollywood pictures (including Mannequin and Ruthless People) and animated songs for Sesame Street. But it’s her original work that retains the most power; her wild and wonderful vision is still completely sui generis.