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Heavy Metal was originally released on August 7, 1981, and in several respects was a ground-breaking piece of animation. The movie consists of eight stories linked together by the "Loc-Nar," a glowing sphere, unbounded by time or space, that represents "the sum of all evils." In each story, the Loc-Nar demonstrates its capacity for evil, and its malevolent influence and manipulation of human affairs.
The plethora of reviews of this movie have been far from uniform (see reviews and user comments at the Internet Movie Database ), but many viewers have expressed the opinion that the longest and final story, The Legend of Taarna, directed by John Bruno, was well-executed and entertaining. I concur in this judgment.
Taarna captivated me when I first saw Heavy Metal at the impressionable age of seventeen. My interest, which had remained dormant for twenty years, was rekindled when the DVD was released in 1999.