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Anniversary of the Week
Fifty years ago this week, the swinging sci-fi spectacular Barbarella opened in theaters, rankling conservative groups and turning Jane Fonda into a generational sex symbol. Directed by Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim, Barbarella's surreal swirl of sex and psychedelia definitely appealed to certain demographics, and the film was a cult hit ... but its lasting legacy, both as a stylistic touchstone and a turning point in Fonda's defiant career, helped shape the mainstream, too. Without it, who knows what Duran Duran would've been called?
Take a trip with 'Barbarella' right now
Fifty years ago this week, the swinging sci-fi spectacular Barbarella opened in theaters, rankling conservative groups and turning Jane Fonda into a generational sex symbol. Directed by Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim, Barbarella's surreal swirl of sex and psychedelia definitely appealed to certain demographics, and the film was a cult hit ... but its lasting legacy, both as a stylistic touchstone and a turning point in Fonda's defiant career, helped shape the mainstream, too. Without it, who knows what Duran Duran would've been called?
Take a trip with 'Barbarella' right now
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