Fantasies

Another Derek Dud.

Set in Greece, Bo (sporting a brunette look) has a half-brother who is either sleeping with her or not sleeping with her. A local uncle either knows or doesn't know - he certainly doesn't care. It's hard to tell what's going on as it always is when John Derek directs a movie. His script typically stinks and the direction (if you can call it that) is equally convoluted. The brother-sister dumb duo gets the idea to turn an island into a holiday resort. The results are lame.

Lots of dubbing and sub-par acting sink this one to the bottom of the Mediterranean.

As for fans of the magnificent Bo Derek like me, this is a good addition to the your collection. She looks very fresh and naive in this movie. She plays the role of an innocent little girl. But she soon finds a way to satisfy her sexual desires. Check it out.

Reasons to watch the movie:

1) Bo Derek at 16 looks good and occasionally gets naked. She does a pretty good job playing an immature, insecure 16 year old beauty, in fact

2) Many shots of a pretty Greek island

But:

1) Peter Hooten turns in the worst performance by an actor since Brutus played Caeser's friend in "Roman Senate Proceedings of March 15." He delivers each and every line in a delightful baritone bellow. Turn down the volume whenever he speaks. Preferably all the way down

2) Bo's fantasies are sadly tame, especially by today's standards. A few turns in the bath and as a fully clothed model

3) The plot is skimpier than Bo's costumes

You have to understand this movie was shot in 1970 apparently wasn't released for almost 10 years.

What to say about this? Strangely it will probably survive the test of time, 200 years from now people will watch this for the location photography and the filming. Bo Derek of course is the Fantasy here.

If you understand this movie as its suppose to be a fantasy! Hot beautiful girl on a greek island, making love, etc etc.. its great.. the theme was common in the 70s and early 80s.. so John Derek was a master of these type films.. like tinto brass.. or the directors of Emmanuelle etc etc... so take it for what it is. A low budget fantasy film with a very young Bo Derek. Of course she goes on over the decades as she grows up and does more sexually motivated films more mature. But this is the beginning of her career and her journey into woman hood, her coming of age film... born on a greek island so to speak! LOL not much of a story. But most of these types films dont... anyway, if you find the film.. its worth a watch to see Mykonos how it was.. athenes how it was in 1970.

I have to forewarn you I haven't seen all this movie on video release yet, but did happen to watch it a long time ago at the movies. Anastasia and Damir carry out a shipboard and island romance in a poor retread of Taming of the Shrew. A lot of distracting time fillers can produce sleep too fast, like when Anastasia (Miss Derek) poses for a photographer in fancy clothes, making Damir jealous again. Peter Hooten has a terrible dubbed sounding voice. Even though this was an American production, it did get released in other countries first.