(102) STOP THE WORLD...LET ME OFF! (1970) Barbara Steele rarity
8621DVD
NOTICE:
This is psychedelic TNT
Your television
may explode
The crème
de la crème of all counter-culture, drug induced films
original
Italian title FERMATE IL MONDO...VOGLIO SCENDERE! [Stop the World... And
Let Me Off!]
also known as STOP THE WORLD...I WANT TO GET OFF (not to be confused with the 1966
Anthony Newley movie/play)
director
Giancarlo Cobelli
starring Lando Buzzanco · Barbara Steele · Paola Pitagora
· Agnes Spaak · Claude Vega · Pierluigi Pagano
Unconventional
ventriloquist Ricky becomes an overnight success as a TV star playing
a superhero with an impish robot puppet. But his career [and reputation]
is soon shattered by an LSD-fueled sex orgy. Meanwhile, his girlfriend
Daniella constantly attempts bizarre suicides as she tries force him into
marriage.
Warning:
This is psychedelic TNT. Your television may explode.
A wildly chaotic experience that is easily the crème de la crème
of all counter-culture, drug induced films. Critic Jeff Stafford wrote:
"You will either surrender to its frenetic cacophony or you will
flee to the nearest exit."
While
Lando Buzzanco gives another restrained but manic performance and Barbara
Steele [in her last European film] delivers the most unusual performance
of her career, the highlight here is amazing eye-popping collaboration
between editor Franco Arcalli and cinematographer Dario Di Palma [they
had worked together previously on DEATH LAID AN EGG]. Fledgling
director Giancarlo Cobelli relinquished production creativity to those
two - allowing the movie to spin out-of-control [arguably, into the realm
of greatness] - and he would continue his show biz-career in front of
the camera. This would be his first, and only theatrical film. Mr Cobelli
is probably better known for his character acting roles [i.e., the revolutionary
in Barbarella or the priest in Taming of the Shrew].
He died peacefully in his sleep, March 2012, at age 82.
An
Italian film; widescreen (2.35:1) uncut (90 min.) version in DVD encoded
for ALL REGIONS NTSC,
playable
on any American DVD machine; in Italian language with optional English
subtitles;
extras include theatrical trailers for other psychedelic
features.
Nudity/Drugs/Nudity/Sexual Themes/Adult Material:
This film is intended for Mature Audiences
