Barbarella (1968) Commentary & Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- First time reaction and brief review of the movie "Barbarella". Future Reaction Polls + Early Access + Exclusive Content. Available on Patreon: / alexachipman
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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Reaction
14:03 Review
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"I feel like Ive heard duran duran somewhere, maybe a music thing"
Holy Crap do I feel old!
Attacked by creepy dolls, swarmed by budgies. This movie has all my worst nightmares.
Duran Duran was a 1980's New Wave pop band, so this is probably where you've heard the name from.
They actually took the name from this movie.
One of their early songs Planet Earth has a very Barbarellaesque type music video.
In the late '90s they came out with a song called Electric Barbarella.
Also, the villainess from this movie has been cited by the famous shock rocker Alice Cooper as an early inspiration on his image and theatrical persona. And The Buggles (another group from the New Wave era) use imagery from THIS movie in their video for a song called Living In the Plastic age.
Was? Duran Duran are still touring and releasing albums!
Nobody ever gives any credit to John Phillip Law as The Blind Angel Pygar.
He was Great in this Film.
"Barbarella psychadella" from the intro to this, and "I yam what I yam" from Popeye are the two songs I have to fight not to suddenly burst into randomly at unwelcome moments. 😏
I was very much looking forward to your take on this one, and it was a lot of fun. 1968, the year I popped out of the oven, produced three of the most unique sci-fi films in history: Barbarella, Planet of the Apes, and my personal favorite film of all, 2001: A Space Odyssey. And they're all completely different from one another. (And yes, I own all three. 😀)
Being a male, my two favorites are the Barbarella theme song and Jane Fonda.
The Bob Crewe Generation and The Glitterhouse made the sound track for the movie.
I Googled Bob Crewe and I was not surprised that he wrote songs that were both popular and financial hits.
And what can I say about Jane Fonda?
The makeup, hair styling and especially the wardrobe departments were quite successful having her look exceptionally beautiful for this movie.
I always appreciate anyone that uses dedication and discipline to achieve the goals that they aim for.
My very best wishes that you're going to succeed in the goals you have aimed for, Alexa.
"Quite unique" is the perfect way to describe this one. I've loved it since I was a kid (I'm in my 50's now). Great soundtrack, too!
I think I heard that the band Duran Duran were playing in a venue called Barbarella's in Birmingham and that was why they also took a Barbarella related name. Another British groups from the 80s, T'Pau were named for a Vulcan character from an episode of Star trek.
Duran Duran named themselves after this name in the movie. Duran Duran was one of the top bands of the 80's. In the top three I would say (U2 and Depeche Mode being the other two). Duran Duran even have a song called Electric Barbarella.
You have likely heard songs from Duran Duran and did not realize it. They did Rio, New Religion, Save a Prayer, The Reflex, Hungry Like the Wolf, The Chauffeur, New Moon on Monday, Union of the Snake, A View to a Kill (from the Bond Movie), Notorious and The Wild Boys.
The only one of those songs that sounds familiar at all is A View to Kill, likely that's where I first heard the name.
Aah, saw this late night once on BBC2, its an enjoyable psychedelic romp. A bit of trivia: David Hemmings went on to narrate the Rick Wakeman's rock -musical adaptation of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 1974. For 80's action TV fans, he was Doctor Charles Henry Moffet, the creator of the super-helicopter Airwolf. Always liked the joke about the secret password being the longest place name in Wales😊
Great reaction, Alexa - also loving the Dracula necklace.
You might like to look up Paco Rabanne dresses from the sixties Twelve Experimental Dresses 1964, and Twelve Unwearable Dresses 1966. Paco Rabanne went on to do the costumes for Barbarella...
I watched this when far too young, loved the costumes and hair etc-but left me traumatised with the biting dolls! Refuse to ever have one in my bedroom and used to turn my mums ones to face the wall(granny insisted I should collect some, so she got them) so I couldn’t see their face 😂
I unironically love this movie and Jane Fonda is just so hot and they knew how to show her off. It is a film where once you see it you never forget it.
Duran Duran was a band from the 80’s I think.
She was gorgeous in this!
@@alexachipman night of the comet 1984😊
Duran Duran are still touring and releasing albums. They just released an album and single in October.
Barbarella 👀👀
Hope they DONT remake this like they were saying.... 💪👍🙏
Recommending an underrated film that I believe would be right up your ally.
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (1994)
Fascinating film.
"I'm guessing it's campy sci-fi" - oh yes you're so right! 😅
Also, that's an amazing pendant!
I think her little (weren't they all?) green outfit was supposed to be a stylised Robin Hood for girls. David Hemmings (the leader of the revolutionaries) spent his time in the eighties turning up in Airwolf and directed a lot of A Team episodes. The secret word Llanfairpwllgwyngillgogerichwyndrobwllantysiliogogoch is a village in Wales! The last thing I saw him in was the Connery movie, 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'. Anita Pallenberg (one of The Rolling Stones girlfriends) was the evil queen but voiced by Carry On Screaming's Fenella Fielding.
Barbarella had some great looks but The Devil Girl from Mars was a cutie...
Indeed, I often stay in Llanfair when I am in Cymru. I prefer Llanbedr, though.
@@alexachipman Not been to either but Conwy's nice. You can go up on the ramparts of the castle.
In those days the law said if the characters transgress social norms they have to be shown being punished. Usually the punishment for extra marital sex fell on the woman. It wasn't a trope. It was the law.
A woman couldn't have a bank account, credit, or even a car unless a husband or male relative allowed it in a notarized document.
I was going to comment about the film, but then you reminded me how much I miss eating cheese, which spoiled things a little bit. I don't think it's necessary to watch this film more than once. The visual aspects are probably the best thing about it, and there is enough that is striking or amusing to have earned it its place in popular culture. It was at time when there was an increasing amount of crossover between European and American cinema, artistically and in terms of production money and facilities, which I think gave a particular flavour to films of the 1960's and early 1970's. My film recommendation, if you haven't seen it, is, The Wicker Man from 1973.
That one is over on Patreon due to what turned out to be highly controversial subject matter- bit too much for public RUclips to handle. I am a pagan, so I had shall we say a few things to say about that film!
Duran Duran recorded the title song for _ A View To A Kill_, so presumably you would have seen the name in the opening titles of that film. It would be really interesting to hear you talk a little about the Bond films, maybe a ranking of the films themselves, or a top 10, or favourite this, that, and the other.
That might have been where I saw it. I can tell you right now my top two are Goldeneye and Dr. No :)
Thanks Alexa, I literally had a nightmare about getting eaten by dolls after watching this reaction. 🤣
Oh dear!
Based on a French comic published in 1962.
I'm pretty sure I first saw this at one of those all-night movie marathons at a drive-in where teenagers used to go to drink and make out. I must have been about 16 because as a farm kid I had no real social life until I had a driver's license.
interesting to hear and relate to your weight loss diet and glad you have had success and keep it up if it is making you happy.
Barbarella is French comic book character and is very much that European comic style (not UK) where audience was more adult and artistic.
Jane Fonda was amazingly iconic as the innocent perhaps ultimate "space babe" and glad you got a choice of outfits for you to consider as cosplaying. I would think the white thigh boots and top with high collar both with black trim is the instantly recognised look as seen in many publicity pictures but checking online the other costumes are maybe as equally well know. awaiting your next reaction Blakes 7 Countdown, do think Jenna's look was inspired by Barbarella albeit in a more practical style?
That white outfit is my favorite also.
Another fun movie from this time is One Million Years B.C. (1966). My mother and godmother made rabbit fur bikini's when they when to see it in theater.
It's one we all have to watch at least once, if only to see Marcel Marceau in a weird speaking role.
The password is a real place in Wales. I just wonder how long it took to get it right, Duran Duran is a UK 1980's band who got their name from this movie.
One of my favourite camp 60s films
See also, Danger Diabolik
Jane Fonda has always been embarrassed about this film. "The script wasn't exactly Shakespeare" she said one time, but acknowledged that it was fun.
I agree that it's not a go to movie all the time. Once every 5 to t10 years reminds you that it really is unique, and hasn't been duplicated.
I think this was based on a French comic book series. Jane Fonda looked amazing....
I agree with you on her ship. It's the ultimate bachelorette pad with a sunken living room/bridge! It's probably why I liked Book's ship in Discovery. It's more of a cool apartment than a ship.
Agreed!
@@alexachipman this movie is really based on a French comic book and novel 😊
The movie is very close to the comic book it was based on. I have the comic book.
Thanks for the diet tip. I've lost a lot of weight in the last months but it's getting harder to get rid of more now. I'll try to think that I'll rather be thinner than eating that thing I'm tempted by.
And by the way; in my opinion, being like Barbarella is more about fitting into her mindset than fitting into her outfits. Like you hinted at: She's the most innocent sexual being ever.
She really is awesome!
I have to say the 'have sex and die' thing is a bit of an overblown stereotype, largely pushed by puritan film critics, there are plenty of genre films where the female leads are very much unchaste and survive. I've recently been getting into the 'Weird Menace/Shudder Pulp' horrors that ran from the mid 1930's to early 1940's and that's accused of being 'misogynist' and, true, torture and titillation is a major part of Weird Menace but the heroines are resilient and often use their wits and fight back and there are powerfully evil femme fatales naturally.
Back to BABARELLA: Jean-Claude Forest, her creator, was a prolific SF illustrator as well as comic book artist and did cover art for much of 'Le Rayon Fantastique' novels including the sublime Nathalie Henneberg; a writer I'm sure you'd love whose work I've been doing my own 'tres amateur' translation.
Did you recognise the Village Announcers (Robert Reatty and Fenella Fielding "Good morning! Good morning! Rise and shine!") dubbing Marcel Marceau as Prof. Ping and Anita Pallenberg as the Black Queen?
Sex might mean Death in a Slasher Movie but this is not the case outside of the Slasher subgenre.
In the Sci-fi Genre like Barbarella or Lexx the Characters can have as much Sex as they want.
And in Sci-fi Horror Movies like Species and Lifeforce the beautiful Woman that is looking for Sex might even be the Villain.
Death by Snu snu awaits her Victims,
"Certainly...Quite Unique" is a very good description. Yeah, this is a remarkably sex-positive Comic Book movie.
Also, "Barbarella [is] my new cupcake go-to." is also a very fitting phrase on every level.
Indeed. It's actually based on a French comic strip from a magazine.
I've always enjoyed this one. While it's not one of my top films either, I find it to be loads of cheesy fun. Interesting that you mentioned Flash Gordon here, Alexa. The producer of Barbarella, Dino De Laurentis also produced Flash Gordon and a handful of other cult classics including Dune(1984).
That makes sense!
Yeah, it certainly wasn't a usual puritanical notion of "innocence" on display here, was it?
And you remarked that this flick reminded you of Flash Gordon? Well, if you mean the 1980 MOVIE then there's a pretty good reason it might. It happens that THAT flick and THIS one have the SAME PRODUCER (Dino de Laurentis).
This is the late 1960s version of innocence. Nudity was childlike and Edenic, showing you were innocent of shame.
I think I first saw this on cable when I was about..I wanna say 7. The sexuality stuff flew over my head, but those fanged dolls gave me nightmares that night.
Queen of the Galaxy or Queen of outfits....definately Queen of hearts
If you enjoyed this you should watch Zardoz with Sean Connery.
Definitely 👍
She already did. It's on the channel.
I did indeed, thank you!
I’d like to recommend the movie ‘Outlander’ (2008)
This movie is as old as I am
Fun movie 🎉
A guilty pleasure.
I wonder what the skunk fur dress smells like.
Drew Barrymore tried really, really, hard for 10 whole years to remake this with herself directing and starring. I dunno, if you update it, you ruin it, but if you make it a period thing....you basically have this one all over again, and you can just watch this one.
That being said, I think it would have been a fun remake for her to have done.
@@alexachipman😊agreed
alexa, i like the machine scene, you didnt'show much of it, escpecially her o moments
Of course not, this is RUclips lol
@@alexachipman is that what you look like when you rub a certain part?
I don't remember much about this having seen it in the 80s on cable. While I have always loved the late 60s in terms of music, film, etc. and I HATE the word "dated", this one does seem kind of rooted very strongly in that period's sensibility. It's a fun, tongue in cheek film, the type of which I can safely predict we'll never see the like of again, and that's kind of sad. Everyone is interested in being so darned serious today. And it's sometimes hard to recall a time when Fonda was really a sex symbol, as we almost always associate her with politics and very dramatic movies now. I probably won't ever watch it again either but it's an interesting (and well intentioned) curio piece, at least. Thanks!
Check out the 2001 film CQ directed by Roman Coppola. That's about all I can say here.
Trippy. Not a good movie, nor is Jane Fonda a convincing actor (she's always Jane Fonda), but it is an interesting artifact.