This film is so good yet I'm sure there will be many unable to truly enjoy it as I have (and will again) because of its daring and its honesty and to be honest its historical setting. Anna Biller has brilliantly and lovingly created an homage (with feminist overtones) to late 60s/early 70s sexploitation. She stars, a little uncomfortably, it has to be said, though this works for the film, and even disrobes for her art. The set designs, the art on the walls and even an animated sequence (brilliant) are all her own work and stunning it all is. This looks, sounds and feels like a product of the time and I can understand youngsters just finding it all funny but for me it is like stepping into a very knowing time capsule and entering a very thoughtful look as what appears so trivial. There is much nudity, much wooden acting, truck loads of bright and garish colours and lots of limp dialogue vaguely pontificating a world seemingly changing forever but in reality a speck, an aberration, a unique moment in time, perfectly captured. Enjoy if you dare!
Review of Viva
