STRANGERS IN PARADISE (1984) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel, Ken Letner, Thom Jones,
Cliff Brisbois, Paul Murray, Gloria McCord,
Ann Price, Bette Chapel, Evakay Favia
A time-travel sci-fi musical about a stage-show hypnotist who gets put on ice in Blitz-era London and thawed out 40 years later in punk-era Los Angeles. Lommel shot this on a shoestring, but he makes the most of that. The songs are catchy and the dance routines, especially the production number set in a bowling alley, are lively and fun. It's where "Cabaret" meets "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" meets early MTV, and a movie that deserves a cult following, at least. See it and see for yourself.
