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[Ronald Epstein]

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[Indy Guy]

This is a brilliant film that chronicles multiple generations of fathers and sons. It was done during a bleak era for quality animation coming from Disney.
The styling is unique and the film has a first rate musical score. If I have one bone to pick, it would be the film's last sequence. It involves drugs and repressed anger that takes the film down a notch or two at the tale's end. Though still wildly psychedelic, this sequence hasn't aged well or remained timeless like the rest of the film.
I love the double play with the title...
"American Pop" as in generations of fathers passing their love of music on to their sons, and also "American Pop" as in the 40+ Pop songs featured over the 7 decades the movie spans.

 

[benbess]

Oh my gosh. Saw this in a theater in 1981. Haven't seen it since. But back then I thought it was really good for what it was trying to do. Wish today we had animated films that were not trying to be for everyone, but were more just for those 18 and over....