There is a dog which allows syrup to be poured all over him, and a cat which mixes it up with the dog and a rooster which does likewise. But the picture does not depend upon these animals for all its fun, however.


Syrup-glistened anarchy gallops straight through the fourth wall. A century ago, when Hollywood’s adolescence still reeked of nitrate and nickelodeon sawdust, some mischievous soul bottled moonshine, added molasses, and handed the concoction to a dog, a cat, and a rooster. The resulting short, cryptically christened...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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" Syrup-glistened anarchy gallops straight through the fourth wall. A century ago, when Hollywood’s adolescence still reeked of nitrate and nickelodeon sawdust, some mischievous soul bottled moonshine, added molasses, and handed the concoction to a dog, a cat, and a rooster. The resulting short, cryptically christened Bang!, detonates expectations like a stick of dynamite hurled into a candy shop. Forget your predictable pet tricks. Forget even the grammar of the Western, that mythic grammar u..."
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