Far in the future, Barbarella (Fonda) is a stylishly though thinly dressed champion of justice. The President of Earth tells her that renegade scientist Durand Durand (O'Shea) has created a mortal positronic ray on a distant world which threatens to bring war back to the long-peaceful universe. During her mission to find and stop the evil scientist, Barbarella meets an angel, Pygar (Law), and the absent-minded Professor Ping (Marceau, in a small speaking role); engages in physical lovemaking (another archaic custom) with several manly types; and eventually goes up against Durand and the Great Tyrant (Pallenberg). This 1968 film, directed and co-written -- with seven others, including Terry Southern -- by Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim and based on the comic book by Jean-Claude Forrest, is a true relic of the 1960s. The movie opens with a tasteful striptease by Fonda, who looks impossibly innocent and young, though she was already 31 years old with 15 feature films to her credit, including "Cat Ballou" and "Barefoot in the Park." With sexy outfits, languidly "groovy" music, cheap sets, absurd dialogue, and swirling, oily background effects, you can see one of the primary original sources for Austin Powers.
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The review of this Movie prepared by David Loftus
Scantily clad Astro-navigatrix Barbarella (Fonda) is in search of the Earth scientist Durand Durand and crash lands on planet 16 of the Tau Ceti system. There she encounters flesh-eating dolls but is rescued by the hairy Mark Hand who introduces her to love: the old-fashioned way. With his help she soon find herself in the labyrinth of Sogo where she goes to the Great Tyrant.
The review of this Movie prepared by Kajehase