{"id":19472,"date":"2011-09-07T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T17:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19472"},"modified":"2020-12-10T00:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T07:16:20","slug":"candy-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19472","title":{"rendered":"Candy (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand! What does it all mean?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA vapid, sexually alluring teen (Ewa Aulin) encounters lustful older men &#8212; including her father (John Astin), his twin brother (Astin), a poet (Richard Burton), a gardener (Ringo Starr), a hunch-backed juggler (Charles Aznavour), a renowned surgeon (James Coburn), a general (Walter Matthau), and a guru (Marlon Brando) &#8212; everywhere she goes.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>James Coburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Marlon Brando Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Burton Films<\/li>\n<li>Ringo Starr Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Walter Matthau Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the best-selling <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candy_%28novel%29\">1958 novel by Terry Southern<\/a> (which itself was loosely inspired by Voltaire&#8217;s <em>Candide<\/em>), this infamously awful camp classic is (as summed up by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s228candy.html\">DVD Savant<\/a>) simply &#8220;a pack of stale sex jokes enlivened here and there by spirited performances&#8221;. It&#8217;s difficult to know exactly what all the big name actors who committed to this project thought they were getting into &#8212; but fortunately for film fanatics, there&#8217;s actually quite a bit to enjoy in their cameo spots. Burton, for instance, is deliciously bombastic as a poet with perpetually wind-swept hair, while Matthau riffs nicely on his crusty screen persona, and Brando has great fun (too much fun??) playing a lecherous guru living out of the back of a truck. Aulin herself is convincingly vacant as the sexy object of all men&#8217;s desires &#8212; and if she&#8217;s no great actress, she&#8217;s at least appropriately cast for the part. Yet you&#8217;ll likely find your patience sorely tested as you question the ultimate point of Candy&#8217;s sexual wanderings, given that she doesn&#8217;t seem to be particularly turned on by any of these men. Indeed, if you take it all too seriously, it&#8217;s easy to be deeply offended by the very premise of a sexually available, under-age naif allowing herself to be seduced by nearly every male she comes across &#8212; and the incessant faux humping (this is a satire on pornography, after all) quickly becomes tiresome. Watch this one, if you dare, simply for its value as a curio.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Burton as McPhisto<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Burton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Burton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Burton.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Burton-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Burton-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Walter Matthau as General Smight<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Matthau.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Matthau.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Matthau.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Matthau-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Matthau-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>James Coburn as Dr. Krankheit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Coburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Coburn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Coburn.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Coburn-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Coburn-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Marlon Brando as Grindl<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Brando.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Brando.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Brando.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Brando-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Candy-Brando-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, but only for its notoriety as a campy clunker. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062776\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/12\/18\/archives\/screen-candy-compromises-galorefilm-faithful-in-spirit-to-satirical.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=526&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s228candy.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/candy.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/68780\/candy.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand! What does it all mean?&#8221; Synopsis: A vapid, sexually alluring teen (Ewa Aulin) encounters lustful older men &#8212; including her father (John Astin), his twin brother (Astin), a poet (Richard Burton), a gardener (Ringo Starr), a hunch-backed juggler (Charles Aznavour), a renowned surgeon (James Coburn), a general (Walter Matthau), and a guru (Marlon Brando) &#8212; everywhere she goes. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Counterculture James Coburn Films Marlon Brando Films Richard Burton Films Ringo Starr Films Satires&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19472\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19472"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56689,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19472\/revisions\/56689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}