Wanda (1970)

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• Lucas M

  
  Wanda is a interesting experimental / independent film, that presents a sad and boring "Bonnie and Clyde" lifestyle with lost characters and empty life. The title character Wanda is so alone, that, stay with the person that most hate her, this is the level of dumb and… More
  Wanda is a interesting experimental / independent film, that presents a sad and boring "Bonnie and Clyde" lifestyle with lost characters and empty life. The title character Wanda is so alone, that, stay with the person that most hate her, this is the level of dumb and sadness in both people on Wanda. Loden's drama it's in the my list of the most disappoint films that I ever saw. Rotten.

• Stella D

  
  a very bleak and yet very intriguing debut for writer/director/ lead actress barbara loden, who was at the time elia kazan's wife. the film couldn't be more different in style from kazan's work; it's as minimalist as can be, shot in cinema verite style with… More
  a very bleak and yet very intriguing debut for writer/director/ lead actress barbara loden, who was at the time elia kazan's wife. the film couldn't be more different in style from kazan's work; it's as minimalist as can be, shot in cinema verite style with improvised dialogue. the title character has no direction in life and seemingly wanders from one bad situation to another. at first i was frustrated with her and her inane actions but as the film went on i became more and more anxious for her welfare, especially after she falls in with a criminal who bullies her into assisting him in a bank robbery. loden has said she wanted to make 'bonnie and clyde' without the romanticism and that, coming from an impoverished background, she may well have ended up this way herself. kudos for her honesty and determination in getting this film made, with little to no support from her husband. and it's a pity she never made another film; she died of breast cancer in 1980

• Tim S

  
  This movie proves that just because it's independent doesn't mean it's good didn't just apply to the 90's. This movie is just God Awful. Barbara Loden should have let her husband (Kazan for Christ's sake) take a crack at this. I put this on the que… More
  This movie proves that just because it's independent doesn't mean it's good didn't just apply to the 90's. This movie is just God Awful. Barbara Loden should have let her husband (Kazan for Christ's sake) take a crack at this. I put this on the que because it was described as something I would like as a fan of Cassavettes. This movie is nothing like that ANYTHING that Cassavettes ever made and it's sad that people raped his style and then no one called them on it. I could understand if the main character wasn't such a complete and utter mongoloid (which might have been more interesting) moron who stumbles through the movie and gets into some pretty stereotypical circumstances (oh, yeah, you met a criminal, huh? Not too mention one that was twice your age. Oh, yeah, you should totally run away with him, but let me warn you that if he keeps robbing banks he's probably going to get caught and have to decide whether he wants to go back to jail or go out in a blaze of glory. Not to mention the fact that he treats you like shit.) This is the movie that people say they like because Pauline Kael wrote a good review about it back in the seventies.