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Barbarella (1968) was a Science Fiction - Adventure Film directed by Roger Vadim and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.

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Classic Films in Focus: BARBARELLA (1968)

By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 16, 2020 From Virtual Virago

I have frequently declared my affection for movies that are more entertaining than they are good, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that I enjoy the bizarre spectacle of Barbarella (1968) even if it makes no effort to make any sense. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by Roger Vadim, this ada... Read full article

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Barbarella (2)

By Anne Marie on Mar 13, 2013 From We Recycle Movies

Barbarella is a silly, softcore, S&M, PG-rated movie from 1968. Yes, I’m aware of how many times I just seemingly contradicted myself. I promise to explain all. As those of you who frequent my blog know, I love discussing the history of the Hays Production Code and its discomfort with sex ... Read full article

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Barbarella (1)

By Anne Marie on Mar 13, 2013 From We Recycle Movies

Barbarella is a silly, softcore, S&M, PG-rated movie from 1968. Yes, I’m aware of how many times I just seemingly contradicted myself. I promise to explain all. As those of you who frequent my blog know, I love discussing the history of the Hays Production Code and its discomfort with sex ... Read full article

Barbarella (1968, Roger Vadim)

on Jan 16, 2013 From The Stop Button

In terms of badness, Barbarella is phenomenal. One could spend his or her time on the gender politics–someone must have in the last forty years. The film takes place in a post-gender future, where Jane Fonda’s titular character is the most relied upon person in the galaxy. However, the p... Read full article

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Quotes from Barbarella:

Barbarella: Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries!
The Great Tyrant: Hello, pretty pretty.
Barbarella: Hello...
The Great Tyrant: Do you want to come and play with me? For someone like you I charge nothing. You're very pretty, Pretty-Pretty.
Barbarella: My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella.
Professor Ping: Genius is mysterious.
Barbarella: What's that screaming? A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming...
The Great Tyrant: Vade retro, Earth girl! I know you don't really exist.
Barbarella: That may be true, Your Majesty, but let's just stick to what we see.
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Facts from Barbarella
Sixties sex symbol Raquel Welch turned down the title role.
The scenes during the opening credits where Barbarella seems to float around her spaceship were filmed by having Jane Fonda lie on a huge piece of plexiglas with a picture of the spaceship underneath her. It was then filmed from above, creating the illusion that she is in zero gravity. (If you look carefully, you can see the reflection in the glass as she removes her gloves.)
When Dildano and Barbarella are speaking to Dr. Ping about the mission and Dildano's transmission finish, a soprano sings Caro Nome, Rigoletto's famous aria by Giussepe Verdi.
Barbarella was the first science fiction hero from the comics to be adapted into a feature film as opposed to a serial (Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, her male predecessors, had only appeared in serials up to this point).
Dildano's password, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch", is the name of a real village in Wales, United Kingdom (unsurprisingly, it's the longest place name in the UK).
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