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

• Barley House: 4 pm - 2 am: $2 domestic bottles / 1/2 off food
• Ozona Bar & Grill: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off everything, $1 pints
• The Blue Fish (Dallas / Lower Greenville): 5 pm - 7 pm: $1.50 martinis, $1.50 hot sake, $1.50 drafts / $1 drafts w/ dinner
• Stan's Blue Note: 3 pm - 6:30 pm: $1 off beer and wine, $0.50 off liquor / 7 pm - 2 am: $2 domestics and $3.95 margaritas
• Corner Bar & Grill: 4 pm - 2 am: $2 domestic drafts

Some nearby restaurants

• Baker's Ribs (Dallas / Greenville & University)
• Corner Market
• Corner Bar & Grill
• Cafe Brazil (Dallas / 75 & University)
• New York Sub

Some nearby events on Aug. 1st

• Dallas Video Festival - 'Guts and Glory', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 7 p.m.
• Elephant Comedy Jam with Forgotten Space, The Green Elephant, 9 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'Grammys', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival - 'Mini-Slack-a-Vettes Compilation', Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.
• Dallas Video Festival, Angelika Film Center & Cafe (Dallas), 7 p.m.

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