Critics praised the film's design and cinematography. Variety 's mainly negative review noted "a certain amount of production dash and polish" and, according to Derek Malcolm of The Guardian, "Claude Renoir's limpid colour photography and August Lohman's eye-catching special effects are what save the movie time and again". [57] A Monthly Film Bulletin reviewer wrote that Barbarella 's decor is "remarkably faithful to Jean-Claude Forest's originals", noting a "major contribution of Claude Renoir as director of photography" and "Jacques Fonterary's and Paco Rabanne's fantastic costumes". [18] James Price ( Sight & Sound) agreed, citing "the inventiveness of the decors and the richness of Claude Renoir's photography". [58] a b Barbarella: Queen Of The Galaxy (50th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray). Los Angeles, California: Paramount Home Entertainment. 2018. The setting is the planet Lythion in the year 40,000, when Barbarella (Jane Fonda) makes a forced landing while traveling through space.

Despite frequently using the Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy title and promotional art, home media releases of the film have been of the uncut 1968 version rather than the edited 1977 version. [42] [43] In 1994, the film's LaserDisc presented it in widescreen for the first time on home video. [44] Reviewing this release for Video Watchdog, Tim Lucas noted that the film was presented with an incorrect aspect ratio of 2.47:1, resulting in the cropping of visual information that was present in the earlier pan and scan VHS releases, but noted that "many of Claude Renoir's " psychedelia" images work on video only in this widescreen setting". [42] Redmont, Dennis F. (25 October 1967). "First Speaking Role for Marcel Marceau". Los Angeles Times. p.D20.

a b c Adler, Renata (12 October 1968). "Screen: Science + Sex = 'Barbarella':Jane Fonda Is Starred in Roger Vadim Film Violence and Gadgetry Set Tone of Movie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017 . Retrieved 2 December 2016.

Davis, Edward (27 June 2016). "Nicolas Winding Refn Suggests 'Barbarella' Show Isn't Happening; Admits To Meetings About 'Bond' & 'Wonder Woman' ". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018 . Retrieved 18 February 2018. a b Jaafar, Ali (29 January 2016). "Nicolas Winding Refn Teaming With James Bond Scribes Purvis & Wade On New Project". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016 . Retrieved 2 December 2016. Big Rental Films of 1968". Variety. 8 January 1969. p.15. This figure is a rental accruing to distributors Spencer, Kristopher (2008). Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786452286.Vadim said that he was interested in making a science fiction movie that gave depth to the characters — a noble goal, though difficult to discern in the finished product, where characters seem drawn with all the complexity of a child’s crayon sketch. His mission, he said, as to shoot the movie like he was a documentary journalist. Barbarella [a] is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the French comic series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest. The film stars Jane Fonda as the title character, a space traveler and representative of the United Earth government sent to find scientist Durand Durand, who has created a weapon that could destroy humanity. The supporting cast includes John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Ugo Tognazzi, and Claude Dauphin. All costumes in the film, including Fonda's, were designed by French costume designer Jacques Fonteray and manufactured by Sartoria Farani, with Barbarella's costume in the final scenes being, as the credits put it, "inspired by ideas of" fashion designer Paco Rabanne. [27] Barbarella's outfits were Fonteray's interpretation of Forest's vision, combining Orientalist and medieval aesthetics with samurai armors. [27] Forest also worked on the film's production design, and was credited in the film as its "artistic consultant". [9] In a 1985 interview, he said that during production he did not care about his original comic strip and was more interested in the film industry: "The Italian artists were incredible; they could build anything in an extremely short time. I saw all the daily rushes, an incredible amount of film. The choices that were made for the final cut from those images were not the ones I would have liked, but I was not the director. It wasn't my affair." [28] Filming [ edit ] Film/Art Gallery's Barbarella movie poster collection also includes a Campy, sexy sci-fi classic poster artwork by Robert McGinnis. A Japanese poster for the classic film is also showcased and a one of a kind First Czech release poster.