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Candy (1968)
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Advertised as a sex-farce comedy, Candy is rapeloitation.
Ewa Aulin plays a stupid character who's manipulated by men behind the scenes to make her appear as a willing participant
with dopey eyes. Although the look of the film is creative, the script makes no sense. If you listen to Richard
Burton's recitation of a poem, it sounds exactly like the rubbish from Under Milk Wood,
a disaster-of-all-sorts film he'll make a few years later.
The list of luminaries involved with this dreadful production is staggering: Richard Burton, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau,
James Coburn, John Huston, and Marlon Brando. All should be embarrassed of themselves.
Marlon Brando said Candy was the
worst movie that he did. His excuse isn't good enough. He had everything to do with it by bringing in the much-needed financing
and therefore everybody else on board. It doesn't take more than a couple of brain cells to figure out what's going on by
reading a bit of the script beforehand.
All in all, anyone who thought Candy was great and funny is a full-blown moron.