The Last of the Persimmons (1972)

LAST OF THE PERSIMMONS opens with a blackandwhite image of a main inflating helium balloons in the shape of rabbits Onto this image Mr ONeill places two mirror images an old Fleischerstyle cartoon elephant comically licking its mouth as if in anticipation of yet another layered image that of a ripe persimmon Manohla Dargis In the Studios Shadow An AvantGarde Eye The New York Times 1182004