{"id":32960,"date":"2014-02-28T14:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T21:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32960"},"modified":"2021-01-10T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T02:48:00","slug":"barbarella-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32960","title":{"rendered":"Barbarella (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;An angel does not make love; an angel is love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Poster.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the distant future, a sexually liberated female astronaut (Jane Fonda) is sent by the President of Earth (Claude Dauphin) to find a nefarious scientist (Milo O&#8217;Shea) who has invented the ultimate weapon &#8212; the Positronic Ray.\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>Jane Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Roger Vadim Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary asserts that despite the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbarella_(film)\">dizzying amount of activity<\/a> occurring throughout this cult futuristic film &#8212; based on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbarella_(comics)\">an adult comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s nonetheless &#8220;quite dull&#8221;. He writes that &#8220;the whole production&#8230; lacks imagination&#8221; and that &#8220;Barbarella herself is a weak heroine&#8221;, given that &#8220;her actions have little effect on what transpires at the end&#8221;. He notes that the &#8220;film&#8217;s cult has to do with [both] the campy humor&#8221; &#8212; which he finds &#8220;unintentionally amusing&#8221; &#8212; as well as the &#8220;uninhibited, scandalously garbed Fonda&#8221;, who &#8220;gives her body to all men who assist her&#8221;. He complains that director Roger Vadim (married to Fonda at the time) &#8220;subjects his heroine to ghastly tortures while she is either nude or having her clothes ripped off&#8221;, and posits that &#8220;trying to stimulate men by showing pretty women being physically abused is irresponsible&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>In <em>Cult Movies 2<\/em> (where he analyzes the film in more detail), Peary notes that Fonda herself has claimed <em>Barbarella<\/em> isn&#8217;t one of her &#8220;many mistakes&#8221; (&#8220;I like it &#8212; it&#8217;s fun&#8221;, she&#8217;s insisted, without elaboration). Actually, the erstwhile brouhaha over <em>Barbarella<\/em>&#8216;s role in Fonda&#8217;s otherwise (mostly) esteemed acting career feels entirely irrelevant these days, given that she&#8217;s no longer so actively in the limelight, and her recent attempts at an acting comeback have been less-than-memorable. Ultimately, I agree with Peary that the film &#8212; while undeniably visually provocative &#8212; is essentially an &#8220;innocuous&#8221; and dull piece of &#8217;60s soft-core fantasy erotica. For instance, where&#8217;s the humor in exchanges like the following (taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062711\/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_3\">IMDb&#8217;s Quotes page<\/a>)?: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Dildano:<\/strong> [<em>radioing instructions to the rebel army<\/em>] And our password will be&#8230; Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.<br \/>\n<strong>Barbarella:<\/strong> You mean the secret password is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?<br \/>\n<strong>Dildano:<\/strong> Exactly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen <em>Barbarella<\/em> twice, and read about it plenty &#8212; but the point of its needlessly convoluted storyline continues to elude me, and I can only understand its cult appeal on an intellectual level. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The best-known piece of trivia associated with <em>Barbarella<\/em> is the fact that the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duran_duran\">&#8217;80s English rock band Duran Duran<\/a> named itself after the central villain, &#8220;Durand-Durand&#8221; (O&#8217;Shea). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imaginative set designs and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Fonda.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbarella-Sets.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, simply for its cult status. <\/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\/tt0062711\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/10\/12\/archives\/screen-science-sex-barbarellajane-fonda-is-starred-in-roger-vadim.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=88&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/barbarella\/\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2014\/05\/18\/barbarella-1967\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3907barb.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/barbarella.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;An angel does not make love; an angel is love.&#8221; Synopsis: In the distant future, a sexually liberated female astronaut (Jane Fonda) is sent by the President of Earth (Claude Dauphin) to find a nefarious scientist (Milo O&#8217;Shea) who has invented the ultimate weapon &#8212; the Positronic Ray. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jane Fonda Films Mad Doctors and Scientists Revolutionaries Roger Vadim Films Satires and Spoofs Science Fiction Strong Females Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary asserts that despite the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32960\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32960","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=32960"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62794,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32960\/revisions\/62794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}