
The movie “Cool World” faced production issues, and to some extent, these problems can be attributed to Kim Basinger. It’s said that during the middle of filming, Basinger expressed a desire to create a film suitable for hospitalized children. However, it seems she was not familiar with Bakshi’s earlier work like “Fritz the Cat” before joining the project. Nonetheless, many elements of the film’s strangeness can be traced back to Bakshi, particularly the central idea. In this story, an artist creates his perfect woman who then pulls him into her world, and by having sex with her, she becomes real. This concept is a clear manifestation of Bakshi’s creative vision, but unfortunately, it doesn’t suggest that he was capable of producing quality work, especially when working from his own imagination.