3/10
Valley of the Bubbles.
15 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is a film that has to be seen to be believed. It's about a popular Beatles like rockstar who's groupie fans get together and kidnap him, keeping him for sexual pleasure in their little bubble of a hideaway in the middle of British nowhere. This mop-topped darling of the day (David Anthony) has no desire to be rescued, lying tied up on a rotating bed in nothing but tight black briefs. Tell that though to his very loyal friends which includes a very masculine openly gay black wrestler (Harry Baird) who has a crush on Anthony and had gone out of his way to meet.

The quiet, introspective Anthony remains under the bird cage like canopy, being visited sporadically by these three silly love birds who greet each other with cereal commercial jingles each morning and play with toys when they're not playing with Anthony. There are four young women for Anthony to play around with so he is definitely getting a colorful variety of dolls. It's not quite "Three in the Attic", bit close.

A very surrealistic production, this has to be seen at least once to be believed, and it's as weird a psychedelic film as ever was made. Any film that starts off with a bunch of lifelike celebrity dummies (including Hitchcock and Michael Caine) at a bizarre party of drugged out swinging singles will certainly be an eye raising experience. Baird, the Guyanese born black actor, was certainly very daring to take on the non-stereotypical gay role of "Lillywhite", and is quite memorable. Worth seeing just for the transparent bubble house and the variety of other weird sets and costumes.
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