Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Animation: 111 Films to Buy & Rent
- Tales from the Far Side I & II (1999)
- Dir. Marv Newland, Gary Larson
- The obscure, secretly satirical humour of cartoonist Gary Larson is given motion in this animation collection. Music by jazz–man Bill Frisell.
- King of the Hill (TV Series) (1997-2006)
- Feat. Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Brittany Murphy
- Smart animated sitcom about a redneck Texan salesman 'Hank Hill' and his family, which finds its own middle–American way into the cult…
- Liquid Television 2 (1997)
- Dir. Various
- Another collection of bizarre and fringy animation from the MTV stable.Includes Winter Steele, Bobby & Billy, Brad Dharma, Cut–Up Camera and…
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Coherent and mature product of Japanese 'anime' is an unsettling psycho–drama about a burnt–out teen pop idol, simultaneously plagued by…
- South Park (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Trey Parker, Matt Stone
- Comedy Central's taboo–breaking cartoon satire drew on the BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD school of irreverence, yet offered something entirely original,…
- Spicy City (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi et al
- A Ralph Bakshi (FRITZ THE CAT) animated TV–series that pursues a decidedly adult version of the 'cyber–future', though with more of a…
- Aeon Flux (TV Series) (1996)
- The hi–tech animated adventures of the leather–clad double–agent anti–heroine, whose specialties include assassination,…
- Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996)
- Dir. Mike Judge
- The flagrantly antisocial, hormonally over–charged MTV duo embark on a fea ture–length odyssey to recover their all–important TV…
- Dr. Katz (1996)
- Dir. Jonathon Katz
- Featured on MTV, meek animated psychologist Dr Katz conducts en–couch journeys with various troubled New Yorkers. Effectively simple artwork…
- Head, The (TV Series) (The Head Saves the Earth) (1996)
- An animated mutant super–hero joins forces with the parasitic alien stuck in his outsized cranium to ward off an impending invasion of Earth.…