Monday, September 1, 2014

The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (1984)

I think I read something about this film involving bondage and there is a poster that gives you the idea the film contains such scenes, but it actually does not.  There are a few scenes with women partially bounds (most often just a single wrist) and wearing black provocative costumes.  This is often the case with what is purported to be bondage, as in porno.  Often if such a film has some one wearing a black or leather costume, it is considered bondage.  It just irks me how this kind of thing is often exaggerated.

Misleading Poster
This film instead is a kind of Indiana Jones meets Barbarella (taken from the poster).  It's a silly romp that doesn't make a lot of sense at times.  Stranger still, a hidden society of entirely women shows the women often walking around in topless costumes.  Does that mean if all men disappeared from Earth, women would no longer cover their breasts?


It turns out that Tawny Kitaen is the same actress who played Tom Hank's fiance in Bachelor Party.  I have never gotten over how spectacularly beautiful she is in the film, nor how powerful she seems as a woman.  It's a pity she didn't make more films or have a more prominent career.

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