Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Fire and Ice’: A Beautiful Yet Frustrating Fantasy Experience
Working together with Frank Frazetta, Ralph Bakshi ventured once more into the realm of epic fantasy with “Fire and Ice“, an average production that fails to introduce anything groundbreaking but showcases Frazetta’s art as more effectively utilized in static images rather than motion pictures. The film falls short of Bakshi’s worst productions, fully embracing his rotoscoping method and harmonizing with elaborate backdrops, yet the storyline lacks cohesion, focusing on brief episodes of minimal danger instead of escalating towards a climactic final battle. Penned by comic book authors Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, this film was financially unsuccessful, pushing Bakshi into television production for a decade.