“The Bath is a story about an inventor, Strangefellow, and the time machine he’s trying to build. It really does work — yet he finds his project caught in the endless red tape, dead ends and labyrinths of Soviet bureaucracy. Ultimately, a time traveler, the nameless Phosphorescent Woman, arrives from 2030 to carry the worthy into the coming “Age of Communism.” The question is: who’s worthy?”
-“The Bomb That Is ‘The Bath’.” animationobsessive.substack.com. January 22, 2023.
I haven’t watched the film yet, but the write-up made me want to bookmark it.