Strangers in Paradise

1984
1h 24min

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4,4/10

152

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Comedy Musical Sci-Fi

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMesmerist Jonathan Sage escapes Nazi Germany via a cryogenic tube. In the 1980s, a group of Fascist Americans thaw him out, hoping to use him as a way to rid their community of homosexuals, ... Tout lireMesmerist Jonathan Sage escapes Nazi Germany via a cryogenic tube. In the 1980s, a group of Fascist Americans thaw him out, hoping to use him as a way to rid their community of homosexuals, free-thinkers, and other "radicals." The story is interspersed with many rock dance number... Tout lireMesmerist Jonathan Sage escapes Nazi Germany via a cryogenic tube. In the 1980s, a group of Fascist Americans thaw him out, hoping to use him as a way to rid their community of homosexuals, free-thinkers, and other "radicals." The story is interspersed with many rock dance numbers.

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4,4/10

152

MA NOTE

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Anecdotes
William Pettyjohn ...aka Bill Pettijohn... was the lead singer for a Doors tribute band from Cleveland, Ohio. Moonlight Drive was acknowledged in the book "Break On Through"( by James Riordan) as one of THE best Doors tribute bands.

Citations
Jonathan Sage: And what is it that everyone is talking about that they call Rock and, duh...
Larry Larkin: Rock and Roll
Jonathan Sage: Yeah, funny expression.
Larry Larkin: It's difficult to say. To some it is freedom and fun. For some it symbolizes the moral decay.
Jonathan Sage: And this Mr Staggers and his neighbors are to uh, stop this moral decay?
Larry Larkin: Yes, um, along with similar groups all over this country. They think they have found a lifestyle that will lead this nation to paradise.

Connexions
Referenced in Bunheads: A Nutcracker in Paradise (2012)

Bandes originales
Nobody
Written by Roddy Matthews
Performed by Richard Green & The Next Step
Produced by Roddy Matthews

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Failed attempt at music video-style feature

My review was written in September 1986 after watching the movie on Vestron video cassette.

German actor-director Ulli Lommel has made a name for himself Stateside with a series of low-budget horror and fantasy features (notably "Boogey Man"), but comes a cropper with he music video-styled misfire "Strangers in Paradise". Filmed in 1983, incoherent picture tries hard to enter the cult territory of a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" but fails.

Opening reel is in black & white, with Lommel cameoing as Hitler in 1939 Berlin, while also playing stage mentalist Jonathan Sage, who escapes in 1940 to Lonon where he is frozen. Decades later, a scientist (Geoffrey Barker) unfreezes Sage to help his right wing group of Californians in their quest to modify young people's aberrant behavior. For the jumpteenth time, rock 'n' roll music is treated by the straw man bad guys as a symbol of moral decay that must be wiped out.

Everyone in sight keeps belting out songs, while expository dialog is poorly recorded in what sounds like an echo chamber, and crudely post-synchronized with the action. Fantasy musical numbers aren't very interesting to watch here, while the eclectic music track by Moonlight Drive includes material sounding like everyone from the Doors to Devo.

Running time is padded by a boring highlights sequence that repeats mucho footage already seen and pic then ends abruptly with no resolution of the storyline.