“Experimental 1971 anime blends pop culture, war imagery, and eroticism with chaotic animation and reversed soundtrack.”
Good-bye Elvis and USA
Good-by Elvis and USA
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Synopsis
Experimental 1971 anime blends pop culture, war imagery, and eroticism with chaotic animation and reversed soundtrack.
A chaotic mixture of hand-drawn animation and magazine cut-outs appropriating American pop culture. With a soundtrack involving music and sounds played in reverse, iconography of war and pop culture are intercut or merged together with images of eroticism and consumption. The film screened at the 3rd Sogetsu Animation Festival 1971. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.49 · split reception
6.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 1.0
↑ 1.75
Running avg · Nov 2016 → Jun 2025
- 7 “Keiichi Tanami had an interesting place in the pop art scene of the late 60s/early 70s (also known as the late 60s). Good-by Elvis and USA shows a thoughtful extravaganza of a world now under...”
- 1 “I gained nothing from watching this. I am a fan of Elvis and went down a rabbit hole and found this. this isn't entertaining; it felt like a slog. 7 minutes felt like 7 hours. This feels like I...”
- 2 “I'm just finished watching this and I am still trying to process what the hell I just watched. This is the most bizzare piece of anime or thing in general I've ever experienced and probably will...”
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 7′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 07m all episodes
- Aired Jan 1971 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-10036 catalog