Gassss (1970) Roger Corman
Gassss (1970)
aka Gas-s-s-s
aka Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary
to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
Country: USA | Director: Roger Corman
Language: English | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 77mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv - 1280x720 - 23.976fps - 1.69gb
Audio 2: The Guardian Interview with Director Roger Corman (1970, audio only): Archival interview conducted at the NFT the day after work on the film was completed
Audio 3: The Guardian Interview with Director Roger Corman (1970, audio only): The legendary director returns to the NFT
A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.
The late 60s/early 70s saw a handful of genuinely odd pseudo counter-culture
movies released by American studios, including cult classics like 'The
Trip', 'Greetings', 'Psych-Out', 'Cult Of The Damned', 'Beyond The Valley Of
The Dolls', and 'Zachariah'. Whether they were "genuine" of just plain
exploitation is open to debate, and also a moot point all these years later.
Fake or not they are a lot of fun now for 60s buffs. You can add Roger
Corman's 'Gas-s-s-s' to that list.
The movies premise is that a gas has been
accidently released that kills everyone over the age of twenty-five. A
hippie on the run from the police (Robert Corff) teams up with a scientist
(Elaine Giftos), and the two go on a road trip to New Mexico, trying to find
a rumoured hippie Utopia. Along the way they hook up with two couples -
revolutionary Ben Vereen ('Roots') and his pregnant rock'n'roll fanatic
girlfriend Cindy Williams ('Laverne And Shirley'), and their weirdo pals Bud
Cort ('Harold And Maude') and Talia Shire ('Rocky'). The six companions come
across many strange situations on their journey, including a militant dune
buggy riding football team, Country Joe and The Fish on a golf course, and
Edgar Allen Poe, Lenore and The Raven riding a motorbike. Yup, it's one of
those kind of movies!
Silly, self indulgent, with a lot of half baked (pun
intended) jokes that aren't entirely successful. Even so quite a trip if you
are in the right frame of mind. Nowhere near as good as Corman's 'Bloody
Mama' (released in the same year), but it's probably his most overlooked
movie, from a long, varied and consistently underrated career. One day he
will receive the recognition he deserves, both as a producer/director, and
for getting many important actors and film makers their first
breaks.
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