The grade is too high objectively speaking but I took into account the circumstances under which it was made: a Soviet film bought by Roger Corman to cut up without sound. Curtis Harrington had a go but this one, done by Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt, is better.
It's frustrating that the characters cant talk. Yes there's a Soviet section but also one on Venus with Mamie Van Doren. The sexy Venus women promise more than they deliver. They clamber through the surf in shells, trying to hang on to dignity. It is silly and fun and you can sense Bogdanovich and Platt really trying hard.
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