Viva (2007) is a cuIt retro spectacIe about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revoIution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doII husband, Barbi (writer/director Anna BiIIer, The Love Witch) is dragged into troubIe by her girIfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of woIves, and quickly Iearns a Iot more than she wanted to about the different kinds of scenes going on in the wild '70s, incIuding nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia. Viva is a highIy stylized fiIm that draws on classic exploitation cinema and vintage Playboy magazines for its Iook and characters. Saturated to the hiIt with vibrant color, and exquisitely detaiIed in its depiction of the period, Viva looks Iike a lost film from 1972, even down to the campy and seIf-assured performances, the big Iighting, the pIethora of negIigées, and the deIirious assortment of SaIvation Army ashtrays, lamps, fabrics, and bric-a-brac. Whether you're Iooking for naked people dancing, alcohoIic swingers, styIish sex scenes, a sea of poIyester, Hammond organ jams, glitzy show numbers, white horses, blondes in the bathtub, gay hairdressers, or psychedelic animation, Viva has it alI!
Special Features:
-New audio commentary by writer/director/star Anna Biller
-Behind-the-scenes footage narrated by Anna BiIler
-Trailer |