4 Responses to Some Posters Have More Oomph than Others

1. Blowhard, Esq. says:

   October 25, 2013 at 12:03 am

   Nope, can’t argue with that.

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2. Paleo Retiree says:

   October 25, 2013 at 4:50 am

   Now that’s a real movie poster.

   What’s the movie itself like? Have you ever watched it?

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   • Fabrizio del Wrongo says:

     October 25, 2013 at 12:24 pm

     It’s only so-so. Pretty good idea, though: Bardot is a sheltered, conservative heiress who’s thrown into a tizzy when she meets Hossein, a semi-suicidal nihilist who just wants to fuck and destroy things. She obsesses over him to the point of giving up her engagement, etc. At one point the two hole up in BB’s Paris flat and play out their fantasies (it sounds more fun than it is). Vadim might not have been able to go far enough in ’62, because it feels like a cheat that we see don’t see Bardot go boom. You keep expecting her to rise to his challenges and for the movie to turn into a funny-sexy-scary game of chicken. But she remains a watery presence. (Maybe Vadim was trying to avoid Bardot cliches, to allow her to expand her range?). Also, Hossein just isn’t as charismatic as he needs to be. There end up being lots of philosophical discussions, none of them terribly interesting.

     I wouldn’t be surprised if Bertolucci was inspired by it. He took the idea where it needed to go.

     IMO, the Vadim-BB flick from this era that’s really terrific is “Please Not Now!”

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3. Toddy Cat says:

   October 25, 2013 at 3:50 pm

   Bardot was really something, that’s for sure.

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