| Edition |
Director-approved special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 390 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 390.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, DVD-9, NTSC. |
| Cast |
Carole Laure, Pierre Clementi, Anna Prucnal, Sami Frey, Jane Mallet, John Vernon, Roy Callender, Otto Muehl, members of the Therapie-Komune, Vienna. |
| Credits |
Photographers, Pierre Lhomme, Yann LeMasson ; editor, Yann Dedet ; music, Manos Hadjidakis. |
| Note |
Originally produced by Maran Film as a motion picture in 1974. |
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Special features: New video interviews with Makavejev and Balkan film scholar Dina Iordanova; actress Anna Prucnal sings a song from the film; new and improved English subtitle translation. |
| Summary |
Miss Canada wins the contest of the "most virgin" Miss Monde 1984 and the prize is marriage to a milk industry tycoon along with his 50 billion dollars fortune. During their honeymoon, Miss Canada does not accept the "golden" penis of her husband, and with the help of black man Jeremiah Muscle, she runs away to Paris. There she meets a Latin singer, El Macho, they have intercourse in the Eiffel Tower and get stuck together. She moves to a weird anarchic community and later becomes an actress working in a chocolate advertisement. Meanwhile, the revolutionary, pedophile, and mad killer Anna Planeta makes candy in her boat while sailing through the canals of a city that seems to be Amsterdam. She meets the sailor Potemkin and they have a torrid affair. Meanwhile, she uses her candies to seduce young boys and kill her lovers. In the middle of the story, what seems to be footage of a Nazi doctor and a slaughter in a war with many dead bodies is presented. Makavejev's bizarre and pointedly satirical vision is totally uncompromising and filled with shocking images, looking at sex in all its complexities. |
| Language |
English, French & Serbo-Croatian dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Sex -- Drama.
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Women -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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Men -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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Paraphilias -- Drama.
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Beauty contestants -- Drama.
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Women sailors -- Drama.
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Candy -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Foreign films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Makavejev, Dušan. Director. Screenwriter.
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Malle, Vincent. Producer.
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Laure, Carole, 1948- Actor.
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Clémenti, Pierre, 1942-1999. Actor.
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Prucnal, Anna. Actor.
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Frey, Sami, 1937- Actor.
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Mallett, Jane, 1899-1984. Actor.
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Vernon, John, 1932-2005. Actor.
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Callender, Roy. Actor.
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Sterritt, David.
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Cavell, Stanley, 1926-2018
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Iordanova, Dina.
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Mühl, Otto. Actor.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Dušan Makavejev's Sweet movie |
| ISBN |
1934121592 |
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9781934121597 |
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1934121614 |
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9781934121610 |
| Standard No. |
715515024327 |
| Music No. |
CC1698D Criterion Collection |
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