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Rating:  - The World's Greatest Psychedelic Driver's Ed Film
Rather than suffer her 19th Nervous Breakdown disgruntled housewife Marianne Faithfull (pre-Tom Waits soundalike period) hits the European road gleefully bouncing her robust Brit bottom on her motorbike soon to be coupled with intense Eurohunk Alain Delon.
Our leather-clad goddess wistfully reflects and reminisces about her last year on earth with eye-zapping psychedelic effects. This film would actually play very well in a double-feature with the similarly wild film "Performance".
Note to Marianne: while grinding down the Autobahn on a motorbike at 95 miles an hour it's okay to flap your thighs and bounce your butt but by all means KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!
Rating:  - Rated X? You've got to be kidding...
This film has some good Harley riding by the girl in question, interesting scenery & cinematography and a nice, arty premise, but the psychedelics are annoying and by no means buy the DVD for the nudity. I can't believe this had to be "extensively cut" to get an R-rating. Seems to me that it would need a few seconds of trims at MOST and in fact there's nothing I saw here that I haven't seen in other R-rated movies. There isn't a lot of nudity in it and the vast majority is obscured by the psychedelic effects. The resulting footage is mostly no more explicit than a James Bond title sequence. The PG-rated Logan's Run shows off Jenny Agutter just about as much (without being so annoying). I can't help but wonder if this DVD doesn't really contain the cut version, although it doesn't look cut up... I've seen plenty of R-rated "exploitation flicks" that were way more revealing.
Rating: - Art, Classic,Super Sixties, Too Cutting Edge for Its' Time!
Beautiful Hot Babe+Story+ Love+ Emotion+ Action+ Great Cinematography Back in 1968. Oh Baby!Come on It has the Total Package.The First Run I Saw at a theater, X rated It was Great,English-Euro Version is the Bomb! But soon after That Censorship Got Its Maleavolent Head-Up cutting time off the USA Film. It Certainly should have been an award winner if censors hadn't butchered/Edited it mercilessly, crippling continuity. Fortunately I saw it in a first run unsensored un cut format-High Impact. Every bit Rebel Without A Cause/James Dean or Brando Era Stuff. Reviewers of the Day were to weak to buck mainstream uptight conservative Morays, and afraid of the Market/Studios Power on the whole. The movie was Very Reflective of the young people in the sixties and even those today, who are pushed like a peg in a hole in the main. Both influenced and expected to conform to majority ideals and opinions of their Elders as sheep. The Movie Well Exhibits Free Will, Free Expression and There Is Life being Lived. The Story, Portrayal, Acting and Filmwork were superb for a modest budgeted project. The action is good as any, and Ridership very good. Note the riding of onto the grass is far harder and more slippery as any rider can attest. As for wet roads that's a given. Not computer animation. Too Real; For Its Day I Found It Was Just Superb!
Rating: - Art, Classic,Super Sixties, Too Cutting Edge for Its' Time!
Beautiful Babe+Story+ Love+ Emotion+ Action+ Great Cinematography Back in 1960. Come on It has the Total Package. Certainly would have been an award winner if censors hadn't butchered it beyond recognition, thus crippling continuity. Fortunately I saw it in a first run unsensored un cut format-High Impact. Every bit Rebel Without A Cause/James Dean or Brando Era Stuff. Reviewers of the Day were to weak to buck mainstream uptight conservative Morays, and afraid of the Market/Studios Power on the whole. The movie was Very Reflective of the young people in the sixties and even those today, who are pushed like a peg in a hole in the main. Both influenced and expected to conform to majority ideals and opinions of their Elders as sheep. The Movie Well Exhibits Free Will, Free Expression and There Is Life being Lived. The Story, Portrayal, Acting and Filmwork were superb for a modest budgeted project. The action is good as any, and Ridership very good. Note the riding of onto the grass is far harder and more slippery as any rider can attest. As for wet roads that's a given. Not computer animation. Too Real; For Its Day I Found It Was Just Superb!
Rating: - Art, Classic,Super Sixties, Too Cutting Edge for Its' Time!
Beautiful Babe+Story+ Love+ Emotion+ Action+ Great Cinematography Back in 1960. Come on It has the Total Package. Certainly would have been an award winner if censors hadn't butchered it beyond recognition, thus crippling continuity. Fortunately I saw it in a first run unsensored un cut format-High Impact. Every bit Rebel Without A Cause/James Dean or Brando Era Stuff. Reviewers of the Day were to weak to buck mainstream uptight conservative Morays, and afraid of the Market/Studios Power on the whole. The movie was Very Reflective of the young people in the sixties and even those today, who are pushed like a peg in a hole in the main. Both influenced and expected to conform to majority ideals and opinions of their Elders as sheep. The Movie Well Exhibits Free Will, Free Expression and There Is Life being Lived. The Story, Portrayal, Acting and Filmwork were superb for a modest budgeted project. The action is good as any, and Ridership very good. Note the riding of onto the grass is far harder and more slippery as any rider can attest. As for wet roads that's a given. Not computer animation. Too Real; For Its Day I Found It Was Just Superb!
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