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This is a really amazingly funny movie, at once a good sci fi, sex goddess-creating classic, it is also deliciously quirky. I mean, can you picture a spacecraft whose interior is fur-lined?
Fonda is Barbarella, a kind of futuristic bimbo - in part the product of a highly developed permissive society - who is on a mission to, well, you have to see it to believe it. Somehow, Vadim really pulls it all off, though I suppose it is best to see this in an altered state of consciousness, 60s-style. Really, tho, it is hard to stop laughing at this, while taking in an engaging story and unforgettable imagery. Really, this is a classic.
Interestingly, while living in France, I bought a bunch of Barbarella paperbacks out of curiosity and discovered to my delight that the movie is actually very faithful to the original comic - even the dialogue follows the crytptic utterances of the characters closely.
Fonda is perfectly cast. She is stunningly beautiful in youth, at the apex of her stardom in many ways, and you can tell she is having fun with this role. But the acting of the others is also very good and fun, from DuranDuran to the sexualised angel in his nest.
REcommended warmly. This is weirdness that works extremely well.
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Being a reasonably voracious viewer of cult flicks and trash-cinema `classics', I finally decided to give the legendary "Barbarella" a look. I knew I'd be in for a wild ride when I read the first title of the opening credits: "Dino de Laurentiis Presents..." From the "King Kong" remake with Jessica Lange, to that "Flash Gordon" movie with the Queen soundtrack, to David Lynch's "Dune", the de Laurentiis production company's reputation for cranking out celluloid kitsch has become legendary in the annals of cult cinema. It also appears that the company had a propensity for recycling props and set pieces, `cuz I'm certain I saw many of the weapons wielded here pop up in "Flash Gordon" and "Dune". Well, I guess it's better than just trashing the things, and wasting precious landfill space. Sadly, I didn't find this particular presentation quite as fun to watch as those other de Laurentiis "gems"; it just doesn't have the kinda qualities (?!) I'm lookin' for in a video cabinet "keeper".
Anyhoo, I found Jane Fonda's performance of the title character rather... revealing. And I don't just mean her inability to keep her garments on, either! Her almost incessant display of incredulity and bewilderment here most likely reflects her disbelief that she let then-husband, director Roger Vadim, talk her into taking on the part! This disbelief comes to a climax (DOH!) as she writhes about in the mad Dr. Duran Duran's Organ-of-Death-by-Unspeakable-Pleasure! And no, it's not THAT kind of organ, gutter-brain! Well, actually it IS, in a weird way... ahh, forget it. If you're willing to take a look at the flick, you'll see what I'm trying to describe. In any case, I can understand why the former Mrs. Ted Turner isn't very fond-a (DOH!) of discussing this celluloid monstrosity...
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That is only a small sampling of the hilarious dialogue in this very entertaining cult classic from 1968. From the unforgettable opening sequence with a very young and beautiful Jane Fonda to the ultra-cheap special effects, this movie is a wonderful escape from reality! In an atmosphere where people greet one another saying "love", bratty kids are used for slave labor, and 60's music is used to kill people, it's hard not to be entertained!
Jane Fonda plays "Barbarella", a sexy 41st-century space traveller who's latest mission is to find "Duran Duran" (played by Milo O'Shea), a psychotic villian who's threatening to take over the world. Along the way she meets killer dolls that bite, various men who save her life and then are repaid with sex, and several space nymphos who want her and her male "angel" companion!
This is no masterpiece, but it's much better than Leonard Maltin would have you believe. Jane Fonda never looked more beautiful than in "Barbarella", and this role made her an even bigger star. Also, David Hemmings has a small but incredibly funny role that adds a lot. All you have to do is look at all the terrible movies that have come out of Hollywood lately and you'll agree that even a film like "Barbarella" could be considered a classic! If you enjoyed watching "Plan 9 From Outer Space", then you'll definitely love "Barbarella"!
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I first saw this movie in a small theater outside West Point, NY in 1968. I remember the theater as it had moths on top of the popcorn in the dispensing machine. The movie was innovative for the time. And one of the characters is Duran Duran the inspiration for the band by the same name.
In the 41st-century astronaut Barbarella (Jane Fonda) receives a message from the President of Earth (Claude Dauphin) and is tasked with a mission to track down a threat to the earth, the scientist Duran Duran (Milo O'Shea,) inventor of the "positronic ray." On her quest she must go through many trials and tribulations. We get to experience them vicariously. Put your tongue back in.
Will she find Duran Duran before it is too late?
When Jane looks back on her extensive career this will be her crowning performance. She never really re-captured that Barbarella spark.
I think that Barbarella inspired the opening scene of "My Stepmother is an Alien."
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Barbarella, the beautiful space faring adventurous has been asked to venture to a distant planet in the backwoods of the universe to find, Duran-Duran, a scientist who is threatening the ancient peace.
In this spoofy superhero classic part of the appeal are the special effects and the way Barbarella seems to loose her clothing at the drop of the hat. From the free fall strip tease to the birds and dolls eating away her clothing, and her penchant for giving sex as payment for help... It truly is a product of the 70's. From the very beginning where we learn that the only weapons in existence are in a museum, to the little pill they use for sexual encounters, and the excessive machine... it really is an interesting ride.
I do think the PG rating is low. It should be at least PG-13 because there are a lot of sexual situations, and Barbarella does loose her clothing a fair number of times (though she does manage to keep her nipples concealed, even when stark naked). I did let my children watch it and the only part they wondered about was the excessive machine... A hard one to explain.
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