From Drakhorizons, 'That acid trip of a sci-fi movie "Barbarella" is making a come back.
Jane Fonda faced the hazards of Zero-G stripping, killer dolls and the killer orgasm machine of scientist Durand Durand in the classic 1968 cheese fest.
Now out promoting his new film "Hannibal Rising", legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis confirmed to NBC30 that he's creating a new franchise with the character.
De Laurentiis quickly stated up front that the new film is "not a remake of 'Barbarella"' but "a completely new 'Barbarella.'"
At present no-one has been cast in the project, and the script is being worked on right now and will incorporate "love, sex, [and] adventure".'
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Ah yes... "The Reimagined Barbarella."
I never saw this thing. Is it any good?
I was going to ask you guys if you had ever seen it. I've never seen it. It's one of those films that everyone knows about but nobody has seen, kind of like Ishtar (oops, sorry Octopunk).
I like Ishtar. And I'm not kidding.
Oddly enough Ishtar is out of print. I tried to Netflix it to see what all the fuss was about but it's not available.
It cost too much to make, and is slackly directed, but the basic premise (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty as two abysmal, stupid musicians who somehow get caught up in a violent Middle East struggle) is great, and the two of them are absolutely hilarious. They keep insisting that they're not just performers; they're "singer/songwriters," which functionally means that they are constantly attempting to make up songs about whatever's going on at any given moment and sing them to each other. ("Yes! Yes! Brilliant!") It's funny stuff. And Charles Grodin is an evil CIA agent. (I think there's some confusion about "agent" being taken to mean "talent agent.")
I hate it when a movie is out of print because it just makes me want to see it more (e.g., Twilight Zone: The Movie). I'll be interested to hear Octo's take on Ishtar (it was part of a double feature he saw once).
IT SUCKED! I thought those constant bad songs they rattled off were simply torturous, completely bleached of funny and therefore just bad, bad, bad screentime. And I know they were supposed to be bad songs, but they were just that, merely BAD. In my opinion that vibe informed the whole movie. I also specifically recall the the lameness when the bad guys try to blow our heroes up in the desert and it turns out they've got all these weapons, thanks to another unfunny (and possibly racist, I'd have to see it again) scene of Hoffman and Beatty pretending to be interpreters at an arms auction. The bad guys are on the phone to Grodin, saying "and they're armed to the teeth!" in this way that's supposed to make the audience laugh at the triumph of our plucky songsters. The line comes off like one of those awful Mel Brooks clunkers that make you feel like you just walked back into fourth grade. Embarrassing for everyone involved, including the ticketholders.
Barbarella rules! It's some crazy, silly stuff, but I love it.
I thought Drew Barrymore was going to do a remake of this...anyone?
Okay, maybe I got it wrong. I'll have to see it again.
That was a period of time in my life when I was getting it wrong (in terms of judging movies, at least). Maybe I got Ishtar wrong too.
"Duran Duran" got their name from Barbarella and "Heaven 17" got their name from Clockwork Orange.
Duran Duran have a song called "Electric Barbarella". Do you mean the name "Duran Duran" comes from this film? How is it used in the film?
Barbarella's mission is to go to a weird planet and retrieve the missing scientist Duran Duran. The guy who wrote this article you posted mentions him, but misspells it Durand Durand (I just checked and imdb agrees with the band).
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