Dallas Video Festival - ‘Viva

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VIVA is a cult freak-out retro 1970's spectacle, about a bored housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of wolves, and quickly learns a lot more than she wanted to about the different kinds of scenes going on in the wild '70's, including nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia. VIVA is a highly stylized film that draws on classic exploitation cinema for its look and characters. Saturated to the hilt with vibrant color, and exquisitely detailed in its depiction of the period, VIVA looks like a lost film from the late '60's, even down to the campy and self-assured performances, the big lighting, the plethora of negligÈes, and the delirious assortment of Salvation Army ashtrays, lamps, fabrics, and bric-a-brac. Whether you're looking for naked people dancing, alcoholic swingers, stylish sex scenes, a sea of polyester, Hammond organ jams, glitzy show numbers, white horses, blondes in the bathtub, gay hairdressers, or psychedelic animation, VIVA has it all!

Some nearby drink specials on Aug. 1st

• Snuffer's Restaurant and Bar (Dallas / Lower Greenville): 3 pm - 7 pm: $1 Coors original, $2 Coors Light, Miller Light and Shiner Bock draft, $2 frozen margaritas and $2 strawberry daquiris
• Aw Shucks Oyster Bar: 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm: $2 off house margaritas, $1.50 off drafts / half-price raw oysters
• The Green Elephant: 8 pm - 11 pm: $2.50 you call its
• Cretia's on McKinney: 4 pm - 6 pm: 1/2 off beer, $3 wine, $3 wells
• Trader Vic's: 5 pm - 7 pm: $5 mai tai's, zombies and bahias

Some nearby restaurants

• Central 214
• Corner Bar & Grill
• The Blue Goose Cantina (Dallas)
• The Blue Fish (Dallas / Lower Greenville)
• Aw Shucks Oyster Bar

Some nearby events on Aug. 1st

• Dallas Video Festival - 'Leave', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'The Hole Story', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 9:30 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'Grammys', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'Women as Agents of Peace', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:45 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'The Intervention', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.

Event posted July 30, 2007
Last updated July 30, 2007