Cinematic background from Heavy Traffic 1973 - An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing next to each other near a river; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people standing in front of a wall with neon lights; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A woman sitting on top of a wooden park bench; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon of a man with a red hat and a bag; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A view of a city at night from a helicopter; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated scene of a person jumping in the air; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A young man with long hair and a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing next to each other in front of a ship; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man with a hat is holding something in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An aerial view of people walking around a park; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man driving a car while another man holds the steering wheel; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated picture of an old woman with blue eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated scene of a man and a woman dancing in front of an audience; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A woman in a white fur coat sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a hat and a red jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A person is holding a hand up to a smoke filled building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated woman in a blue dress is smiling; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing next to each other in front of barbed wire fence; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A character from the disney movie the hunchback of notre dame; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man holding a cigarette in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A hand holding the steering wheel of a car at night; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A car that is on the road at night time; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people standing in front of a stage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people standing next to each other holding hula hoops; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated character is smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man with a blue hat is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people that are standing in the street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man sitting at a desk in front of a computer screen; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An illustration of an old blue truck parked on the side of the road; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon character with a hat on; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a tuxedo holding a fake gun; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man sitting at a dinner table with a candle; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man with a bird on his head; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man sitting in a chair holding a cigarette in his hand; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon of a man looking out of a window at night; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An empty theater with red seats and a stage; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a blue jacket and a woman in a pink top; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A building with a fire escape on the side of the building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated woman is smiling while holding her hands out; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A woman holding a bird in front of the moon; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old photo of a street scene with a truck and people; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – Two cartoon characters are standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon character with a hat on; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man wearing a black hat and a black coat; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated character is holding a cell phone in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated woman with an orange ring in her ear; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man and a woman sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon of a man smoking a cigar next to another man in a suit; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A woman standing on the side of the street; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a hat and jacket holding a wooden stick; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing around in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An artistic drawing of a bowling alley with a ball on the floor; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old photo of a woman holding a bouquet of flowers; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people gathered around a man in a blue coat; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated scene of a man in a jail cell with a dog; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A woman in a fur coat and a man in a tuxedo; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon character with his mouth wide open; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a black hat is walking down the street; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated woman driving a car in front of a group of men; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon of a man holding a knife in his hand; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a suit and a tie standing in front of another man in a suit and a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of men standing around a crowd of people; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated woman in a pink top and a white jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A group of people sitting around a fire at a baseball game; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated picture of a man in a blue shirt; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A cartoon of a car driving down a street; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An old man and a black woman are in a bar; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – An animated scene of a man and a woman in the woods; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Heavy Traffic” (1973), directed by Ralph Bakshi – A man in a black hat is holding a white furry hat; Medium shot, Low angle