At 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Barbarella (Roger Vadim, France\/Italy 1968, 98 min., 35mm). <\/p>\n
The year is 40000, and positronic ray (\"all persons and objects in its path are deminimumized to the 4th level\") inventor Dr. Durand Durand has disappeared. Jane Fonda is Barbarella, a cosmonaut in a capricious skintight space suit, in charge of bringing Durand Durand home safely. Crash landing on the planet Lythion, Barbarella meets a whole cast of unfamiliar creatures and contraptions, from dolls with deadly appetites to a blind angel named Pygar to an \"Orgasmatron,\" designed to kill with extreme pleasure. And she's not afraid to use her many gifts to defy capture. . . . Adapted from the French comic book of the same name, this hypersexual psychedelic trip is full of camp, creativity, humor, and beauty. A critical and box office failure upon its release, Barbarella, with its emancipated, ass-kicking, space-traveling heroine, and cool, electronic score, has since become a cult hit, embodying the cultural and sexual liberation of the generation that spawned it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[source: Dryden website<\/a>, 2015-Apr-13]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Barbarella (Roger Vadim, France\/Italy 1968, 98 min., 35mm). The year is 40000, and positronic ray (\"all persons and objects in its path are deminimumized to the 4th level\") inventor Dr. Durand Durand has … Continue reading