Ep #36 - Ryan Moore's 60s Pick - Barbarella
Barbarella (1968)
It’s a wonder, wonder woman, why we haven’t gotten around to this film up until now. But, you see, there’s a kind of cockle shell about Barbarella psychedelia, and just we knew we needed to save it for a special occasion. Cinema60 welcomes Ryan Moore, host of comics podcast Lost in the Longboxes!, to talk about his ‘60s pick: Barbarella (1968). As a comics aficionado, the film adaptation of Jean-Claude Forest’s famous space vixen just seemed like a natural pick.
In this episode Ryan joins Bart and Jenna for a discussion on the differences between the Barbarella comic and the movie, including how Jane Fonda saved the film with her charm and how Roger Vadim almost ruined it with his sleaziness. They also get into midcentury comics of note and a bit about their backgrounds with comics in general. So bust out your psycho-cardiogram, pop a pleasure pill, and zip up tight in your orgasmatron and let Cinema60 take control–we promise we’ll go gentle…
The following film is discussed:
• Barbarella (1968)
Directed by Roger Vadim
Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg
Also mentioned:
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
• Batman: The Movie (1966)
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether
• Modesty Blaise (1966)
Directed by Joseph Losey
Starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde
• Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Directed by Mario Bava
Starring John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
• Star Wars (1977)
Directed by George Lucas
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
• Flash Gordon (1980)
Directed by Mike Hodges
Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Starring James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols
• Cemetery Man (1994)
Dellamorte Dellamore
Directed by Michele Soavi
Starring Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro, Anna Falchi
• Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999)
Astérix & Obélix contre César
Directed by Claude Zidi
Starring Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni
• Blueberry (2004)
Directed by Jan Kounen
Starring Vincent Cassel, Michael Madsen, Juliette Lewis
• Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
Directed by Kevin Munroe
Starring Brandon Routh, Anita Briem, Sam Huntington
• Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
La vie d'Adèle
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
• Snowpiercer (2013)
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Starring Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Directed by Luc Besson
Starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen
• The Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008-2054)
Produced by Kevin Feige
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
