{"id":2113,"date":"2013-05-09T18:35:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T22:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tr10023.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2013-10-10T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T10:52:04","slug":"bottles-et-in-arcadia-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tr10023.com\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"‘Bottles’: Et in Arcadia Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Medicine Dropper Quartet juices up in preparation for the waltz.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Here, with minimal introduction, is my favorite cartoon of all time.\u00a0It’s from Metro in 1936. This cartoon is a Special Feature on the DVD of “San Francisco<\/a>,” which I wrote about the other day. I am very fond of “San Francisco,” but am seldom in the mood to look at the whole thing; occasionally, I’m not in the mood to look at any of it. I am, however, always in the mood to look at “Bottles” again. As you will see for yourself, it’s nearly plotless; it’s really nothing more than a ten minute acid trip — most of which is charming and good-natured, but it turns nightmarish in the last minute or so.<\/p>\n