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Actors: Jane Fonda, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Barbarella |
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Far in the future, Barbarella (Fonda) is a stylishly though thinly dressed champion of justice. The President of Earth tells her that renegade scientist Durand Durand (O'Shea) has created a mortal positronic ray on a distant world which threatens to bring war back to the long-peaceful universe. During her mission to find and stop the evil scientist, Barbarella meets an angel, Pygar (Law), and the absent-minded Professor Ping (Marceau, in a small speaking role); engages in physical lovemaking (another archaic custom) with several manly types; and eventually goes up against Durand and the Great Tyrant (Pallenberg). This 1968 film, directed and co-written -- with seven others, including Terry Southern -- by Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim and based on the comic book by Jean-Claude Forrest, is a true relic of the 1960s. The movie opens with a tasteful striptease by Fonda, who looks impossibly innocent and young, though she was already 31 years old with 15 feature films to her credit, including "Cat Ballou" and "Barefoot in the Park." With sexy outfits, languidly "groovy" music, cheap sets, absurd dialogue, and swirling, oily background effects, you can see one of the primary original sources for Austin Powers.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Scantily clad Astro-navigatrix Barbarella (Fonda) is in search of the Earth scientist Durand Durand and crash lands on planet 16 of the Tau Ceti system. There she encounters flesh-eating dolls but is rescued by the hairy Mark Hand who introduces her to love: the old-fashioned way. With his help she soon find herself in the labyrinth of Sogo where she goes to the Great Tyrant.
--Kajehase, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 35%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- kinky sex movie
Powerplays
Yes
Plotlets:
- overthrowing bad govt (sci-fi)/claiming throne (fantasy)
Parody movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
- pilot, civilian
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlng, wavy
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- dictator
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- skinny (female)
Ethnicity
- German
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Ice world?
Yes
Misc settings
- fort/castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- exotic spaceships
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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