Other than the kitsch factor of this film, there is nothing whatsoever to recommend it. The acting is horrible; the plot doesn't make sense; the songs are lousy and poorly performed; the sets are not even very good (mainly it was just filmed on location in office buildings in Germany).
I think that the film-makers were influenced by the recent Bee Gees musical, "SGT Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." That "The Apple" compares unfavorably to it, should speak volumes -- just look at the reviews for "SGT Pepper." They were clearly going for some kind of biblical analogy: Innocents are tempted by the evil record company executive, and the woman succumbs to temptation. That's about as far as they could stretch the metaphor, though. The rest of the movie is about how the man tries to get the woman back, and how they are both taken in by a nomadic tribe of hippies, before God eventually rescues everybody and takes then away to populate a new planet. No, really, that's how it ends.
RiffTrax has recently done of riff of this movie. I tried watching it once without the riff, and could only get about 10 minutes into it. RiffTrax makes it much more watchable, but it is still a chore.
I think that the film-makers were influenced by the recent Bee Gees musical, "SGT Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." That "The Apple" compares unfavorably to it, should speak volumes -- just look at the reviews for "SGT Pepper." They were clearly going for some kind of biblical analogy: Innocents are tempted by the evil record company executive, and the woman succumbs to temptation. That's about as far as they could stretch the metaphor, though. The rest of the movie is about how the man tries to get the woman back, and how they are both taken in by a nomadic tribe of hippies, before God eventually rescues everybody and takes then away to populate a new planet. No, really, that's how it ends.
RiffTrax has recently done of riff of this movie. I tried watching it once without the riff, and could only get about 10 minutes into it. RiffTrax makes it much more watchable, but it is still a chore.