Description:Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures. It was producer Roger Corman's final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New World Pictures.
The movie is a post-apocalyptic dark comedy, about survivors of an accidentaGas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures. It was producer Roger Corman's final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New World Pictures.
The movie is a post-apocalyptic dark comedy, about survivors of an accidental military gas leak, of an experimental agent that kills everyone on Earth over the age of twenty-five. (A cartoon title sequence shows a John Wayne-esque Army General announcing - and denouncing - the "accident"; the story picks up after the victims have died.)
The lead characters, Coel and Cilla, were played by Bob Corff and Elaine Giftos, and the cast also features Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort and Talia Shire in early roles. Country Joe McDonald makes an appearance, as spokesman "AM Radio".
Gas-s-s-s found a fresh airing on late night television in the 1980s, and was recently (2005) issued on DVD, as a twofer with Wild in the Streets, another AIP movie.... (more)(less)
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Corman on Corman -kirjaa lukiessaan alkaa innostua katselemaan myös ihan niitä varsinaisia elokuviakin.
Gas-s-s-sissa armeijan Alaskassa testailema kaasu tiputtaa planeetan keski-iän kolmenkymmenen alle. Sitten alkaa tapahtua kaikenlaista surrealistista, mikä ilmenee parhaiten kertomalla, että leffa yhdistää toisiinsa mm. golfkärryillä ajavat Helvetin enkelit, Billy the Kidin, Abraham Lincolnin ja moottoripyörällä korppi olallaan autiomaassa sutivan Edgar Allan Poen. My"
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Elokuva kaasusta, joka tappaa kaikki yli 25-vuotiaat. Alussa nähdään erittäin hämärä animaatiojakso, joka muistuttaa lähinnä Red Bull –mainosta. Tämän animaatiohäröilyn jälkeen elokuvassa ei ole mitään punaista lankaa. Corman itsekin sen myönsi, että tämä on hänen tajunnanvirtaansa. Sen kyllä huomaa, että kaveri on popsinut sieniä, poltellut ruohoa ja nuollut postimerkkejä. Eihän tässä ollut vittu yhtään mitään järkeä, sillein huonolla tava"
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