Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Viva is not recommended

Viva was made as a nod to 60's sexploitation movies.  There was a Q&A with the writer/ director/ star/ set designer ... Anna Biller after the movie.  She said that she wanted to show that the feminist questions and concerns of the 60's are relevant today.  She just didn't sell it to me.  The first review on IMDb says it best:

"How on Earth a movie with this many naked people in it could be this painfully dull is simply beyond me."

There were plenty of ridiculous moments that were very funny, but the movie isn't a comedy, per se.  Viva, the main character played by Anna, gets raped twice (a date-rape kind of thing and a drugged and raped kind of thing) and the fact that she was raped is never addressed.  I find that weird if you have the intention of addressing women's issues.  Especially in the context of today.

I don't recommend the movie for watching, but if you want to see some AMAZING 60's crafts and stuff, you should check this movie out.  Anna spent years buying vintage 60's things and making set dressings.  She made several macramé plant hangers that are wonderful.  The clothes, the bedroom sets, the living rooms, the paintings, the crochet ---- it's all kick ass.  It would all look right at home on Cathy of California.  Maybe you could watch it with the sound off.
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Elizabeth said ...
My friend posted the trailer to that movie (from youtube) onto my myspace page! Yeah, I get weirded out too how cheesy older movies treat rape. Did you see Switchblade Sisters? One chick gets raped by her friend's boyfriend, and then she gets a crush on him, and they COMPETE for him after that! But absolutely everything about it was messed up, not just that one thing . This one chick has a cool belt with dangly metal things that converts to a weapon when whipped off in the roller rink. I liked that. That was handy.
5/10/2007 1:58 AM

Elizabeth said ...
Oh duh- I think I only read half the post at first---a NOD eh? I totally thought that was an old movie when I saw the trailer. Wow, they went through the trouble to make a present day, old cheesy movie?
5/10/2007 2:04 AM
 
futuregirl said ...
Note to Penny: I don't allow critical comments where the commenter doesn't have the guts to reveal who they are. If you think I just like feel-good fantasies, you haven't looked at the list of other movies reviewed on this site. Thanks for stopping by. :)
5/12/2007 9:03 PM

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