{"id":47863,"date":"2020-03-07T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47863"},"modified":"2020-11-23T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:17:34","slug":"bolero-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47863","title":{"rendered":"Bolero (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I never dreamed that there was anyone on this earth like you &#8212; anyone.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Poster-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Poster-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Poster.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn orphaned heiress (Bo Derek) hoping to lose her virginity enlists the help of her chauffeur (George Kennedy) and his young wife (Ana Obregon) in travelling first to Morocco &#8212; where she attempts to be bedded by an insufficient sheik (Greg Bensen) &#8212; then to Spain, where she falls in love with a soon-to-be-gored bullfighter (Andrea Occhipinti).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullfighting<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>George Kennedy Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Virginity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture\">&#8220;worst film of 1984&#8221;<\/a> is &#8220;no more than a home movie by director John Derek&#8221;, who &#8220;shoots so many close-ups of smiling wife Bo Derek that perhaps this was intended as a tribute to her dentist&#8221; (!). The remainder of Peary&#8217;s brief review is equally (and justifiably) snarky; he asserts that while &#8220;Bo may not be the worst actress around&#8221;, if you &#8220;combine her blank-minded love-child persona with the nauseating heiress she plays here&#8221;, the &#8220;results are deadly&#8221;. Though &#8220;Derek said he wanted the world to see how sexy Bo is&#8221;, his &#8220;film is anti-erotic&#8221;: &#8220;Every time Derek sets up a feverish love encounter for his wife, he undermines it with disruptive humor or stupid dialogue.&#8221; There&#8217;s little more to say about this mess of a film except that one mourns the sheer waste of funds that went into creating something so visually sumptuous (the cinematography and sets are gorgeous) for such cringe-worthy and boring results. Be forewarned that this soft-core flick contains inappropriate fetishization of both gypsies and underaged teens (Olivia D&#8217;Abo). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luminous cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still1.png 756w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still1-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still1-128x81.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still2.png 756w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still2-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still2-128x81.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still3.png 756w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still3-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bolero-Still3-128x81.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Numbingly awful dialogue:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It has to be warm and sultry and dark eyed when you give your virginity away. Like Italy or Spain.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am the woman for his bed and there will be no other. No other.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; you have my permission to stay far, far away from this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086987\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/bolero-1984\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/09\/01\/movies\/film-bo-derek-in-bolero.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2261&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/bolero-1984\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I never dreamed that there was anyone on this earth like you &#8212; anyone.&#8221; Synopsis: An orphaned heiress (Bo Derek) hoping to lose her virginity enlists the help of her chauffeur (George Kennedy) and his young wife (Ana Obregon) in travelling first to Morocco &#8212; where she attempts to be bedded by an insufficient sheik (Greg Bensen) &#8212; then to Spain, where she falls in love with a soon-to-be-gored bullfighter (Andrea Occhipinti). Genres: Bullfighting Historical Drama George Kennedy Films Romance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47863\"> 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-47863","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\/47863","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=47863"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54196,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47863\/revisions\/54196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}