Music videos influenced by Barbarella include Kylie Minogue's " Put Yourself In My Place," [79] Katy Perry's " E.T.", [80] and Ariana Grande's " Break Free". [81] [82] Camille Paglia opined Lady Gaga drew influence from Fonda's performance in the film. [83] Proposed sequel, remake and TV series [ edit ] The film was particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where it was the year's second-highest-grossing film. Contemporary film critics praised Barbarella 's visuals and cinematography but found its storyline weak after the first few scenes. Although several attempts at sequels, remakes, and other adaptations have been planned, none of these have entered production. Having bought the film rights to Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella comics, producer Dino De Laurentiis secured a distribution deal in the United States between France's Marianne Productions and Paramount Pictures. He planned to film Danger: Diabolik, a less-expensive feature, to help cover production costs. [12] In 1966 Roger Vadim expressed admiration for comics (particularly Charles Schulz's Peanuts), saying that he liked "the wild humor and impossible exaggeration of comic strips" and wanted to "do something in that style myself in my next film, Barbarella." [13] Vadim saw the film as a chance to "depict a new futuristic morality ... Barbarella has [no] guilt about her body. I want to make something beautiful out of eroticism." [14] His wife, actress Jane Fonda, noted that Vadim was a fan of science fiction; according to the director, "In science fiction, technology is everything ... The characters are so boring—they have no psychology. I want to do this film as though I had arrived on a strange planet with my camera directly on my shoulder—as though I was a reporter doing a newsreel." [4]

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. a b Ebert, Roger (15 October 1967). "Interview With Jane Fonda". Rogerebert.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014 . Retrieved 5 February 2018. 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. Dillard, Brian J. "Barbarella". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2017. a b c d "In the Know - Barbarella (TRIVIA)". TCM. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020 . Retrieved 6 November 2020.Several actresses were approached before Jane Fonda was cast as Barbarella. De Laurentiis' first choice was Virna Lisi, his second was Brigitte Bardot, who was not interested in a sexualized role. De Laurentiis' third choice was Sophia Loren. Fonda was not certain about the film, but Vadim convinced her that science fiction was a rapidly-evolving genre. a b Price, James (1968). "Barbarella". Sight & Sound. Vol.38, no.1. British Film Institute. pp.46–47.

The musical duo Matmos took their name from the living lake of slime under the city in the movie. [77] [78] Conrad, Dean (2018). Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses: The Portrayal of Women in Science Fiction Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 9781476632711. a b c Phipps, Keith (6 December 2016). "Barbarella". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016 . Retrieved 11 July 2012.Kit, Borys (6 August 2009). "New 'Barbarella' in works". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009 . Retrieved 2 December 2016. Sullivan, Kevin P. (13 August 2014). "Every Sci-Fi Movie Reference in Ariana Grande's 'Break Free' Video". MTV. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018 . Retrieved 20 November 2018.

Leffler, Rebecca (20 June 2012). " 'Drive' Director Nicolas Winding Refn to Bring 'Barbarella' to the Small Screen". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018 . Retrieved 5 February 2018. Eisner, Lisa; Alonso, Roman (10 March 2002). "Style; Man of Steel". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 21 April 2014. Hughes, Howard (2014). Outer Limits: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857734754.a b "Barbarella". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017 . Retrieved 2 December 2016. If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau. Haber, Joyce (28 November 1968). "Film Pair Gets Bum's Rush in Bistros". The Washington Post. p.D15. In this it is remarkably successful, and Fonda actually has both enough sex appeal and round-eyed innocence to carry the thing off, emerging as something like a Barbie doll; John Philip Law strikes a similar note as the sexy but equally innocent "angel" Pygar. The designs are 1960s psychedelic with as many Freudian twists as the film's makers can come up with, and when all is said and done you can't help but roll your eyes in amusement.