I’m normally not a futuristic, sci-fi fan, so I was a cramped reclutant to ogle this DVD version. I was determined it would be yet another film ripping off earlier films’ special effects, as so many sci-fi films do today. Boy, was I putrid with this clear dvd version! It’s a dinky hard to beget that this film was made in 1973. It possesses orginality, creativity, and the simple ability to acquire you laugh. A few of my main current scenes are the « Orgasmatron », which really had me laughing! The one when Keaton’s character, Luna, coerces Allen’s character, Miles, into this spacesuit-like costume and pulls the cord that blows it up and has Allen flying around–many people might not like this determined scene, because it doesn’t require Allen’s verbal wit– but it was incredibly amusing because he looked so ridiculous. I especially fancy the scene when Miles thinks he’s Blanche Dubois and Luna has to become Stanley Kowalski in order to gently steer him serve to reality. Allen was well-behaved as Vivien Leigh’s Blanche, but Keaton was really fabulous as Marlon Brando’s Stanley. This is an especially esoteric movie, because some people may not realize that one of Allen’s goals for this movie was to satirize everything in the 1970′s, including distinguished politicians. (Check out one of the earliest scenes, when Miles explains people that were famous in the 1970′s, such as Reagan and Nixon. This is one of the reasons why I like this movie so noteworthy. I don’t have any complaints with this movie. Although, I did wonder whether Miles would settle to halt in the future with Luna, or have himself crygonically preserved again in the hopes that he’ll wake up in another era that he actually likes. On a more materialistic tag, I can’t procure over how young Allen looks in this movie! He actually looks honorable. And I can’t occupy how sparkling Keaton is! They really worked well together in this movie. I highly recommend this DVD version~don’t miss it!
Woody Allen pulls out all the humorous stops here, utilizing everything from Orwellian social satire, sci-fi movie parody, Harold Lloyd-style pratfalls,and a scene captivating giant fruits and vegetables that has to be the funniest seek gag ever committed to celluoid. The one or two minutes of camouflage time challenging the « Orgasmatron » alone is funnier than all the gags combined in any entire Farrelley brothers or Jim Carrey movie you’d care to name. By the plan, am I the only person who noticed that the 1993 Sylvester Stallone film « Demolition Man » ripped off at least a half dozen humorous premises directly from « Sleeper »? Granted, the « Rip Van Winkle » thought wasn’t invented by Allen,but quiet…the gag about junk food being considered health food in the future–(honest for starters) that’s too specific to be coincidence! Oh well,there hasn’t been an unique belief in Hollywood since the mid-70′s anyway- so why should we lose sleep, eh? Don’t miss this ‘sleeper’!
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