Fritz the Cat is the second panel of Mr. Bakshi's animated triptych about life in the United States during the sixties and seventies. Heavy Traffic is the first, and where Heavy Traffic is about the sincere struggle of an artist trying to find his voice among the chaos; Fritz the Cat is about a con-artist trying to satisfy his ever expanding id. Both films are set in New York and explore the urban world, but in very different ways and with very different intentions. Heavy Traffic is the more personal of the two films, exploring issues of family, isolation, love and the hope for redemption. Fritz the Cat is about lust, insincerity and appetites of all kind, including destruction. A wonderful though nihilistic view of the "enlightened" sixties. Also damn funny.