Comments on: Barbarella

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:25:00 +0000

She’s lying on glass. Laying on glass? It’s glass.

By: getbrett

getbrett — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:34:00 +0000

I always thought it was plexiglass she was lying on as you can see it really flex in some shots. If the glass was flexing that much it would have shattered.

By: Francoe

Francoe — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:31:00 +0000

No green screen there. 60′s at least use a blue based chroma (green comes popular in 70′s), and you can’t get those details in hair through several photographic mattes. Do you know how hard was to make a good chroma in those days?
Then you have those projected shadows with perfect perspective over the background. The glas reflection…
People tend to forget the magic before CGI, and there are some discovering the wheel.

By: Lord Byron Quinn

Lord Byron Quinn — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:59:34 +0000

WOW. Forgot how much I love that intro, and it really shows what the film is about. The scene has the feeling of making out.

By: VideoMagus

VideoMagus — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:58:05 +0000

Really artistic and pretty sexy, even with the noticeable glass reflections and some wrong movements of beautiful Jane Fonda…

By: Mark Hodgson

Mark Hodgson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:43:33 +0000

How come Binder isn’t credited on the film itself? The only source for this credit is recenlty on IMDB. I’d like to see a confirmation from anywhere else.

By: Cale

Cale — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:17:45 +0000

I believe the helmet was filled with mercury, which is thick and reflective enough. I could be tripping but if you look closely you can see a blurred camera between the two lights.

I remember there was this black cabin/tent thing used to shoot jewelry and hide the camera. A similar contraption could have been used.

Not sure if it needed to be played in reverse as mercury is really dense and wouldn’t leave any spill on the glass – gravity would do the job.

It’s such a lovely sequence though.

By: Token57

Token57 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:28:28 +0000

How they did it.
She moves on glass (Julian). Camera tilted. The ‘BackPack’ is simply drawn off from the left side. Watch the 2nd tube (from ‘above’). The helmet sequence is as Julian Manoogian III suggested a reverse shot. You don’t see the helmet’s top (’cause of the hole) when the fluid fills the space between the two helmet shells. Because of avoiding bubbles. Jane Fonda’s hand moves make this believable. And the whole title is simply 60′s and SEXY!

By: Nelson B

Nelson B — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:41:20 +0000

Its says 60′s every second of it. You get hooked and interested to watch the rest of the film, No Doubt about that. Clever, Sexy, Classic.

By: OwlBoy

OwlBoy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:38:48 +0000

I love how near the end the titles seem to be fighting for your attention.