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Carmen, Baby is a 1967 American-German-Yugoslav romantic drama film directed by Radley Metzger, based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée (which also inspired Bizet's popular opera, Carmen).

Carmen, Baby
Original film poster
Directed by	Radley Metzger
Screenplay by	Jesse Vogel
Based on	Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Produced by	Radley Metzger
Starring	Uta Levka
Cinematography	Hans Jura
Edited by	Humphrey Wood
Music by	Daniel Hart
Production company	Amsterdam Films
Distributed by	Audubon Films First Run Features
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany Yugoslavia
Language	English
Box office	$4.2 million[1]

Plot

A liberated woman tempts a local police officer into a romantic entanglement with unpleasant consequences.

Cast

Reception

The film Carmen, Baby, according to one reviewer, was the beginning of Metzger's successful style in his later films: that is, adapting "a literary classic in a gorgeous European locale with high polish and a goodly helping of sophisticated sex and seduction."[2] Film critic Jesse Vogel noted that the film is an example of Metzger's signature style, "cool, classy, distant, with a distinctively European sensibility".[3] According to film reviewer Gary Morris, Carmen was "well played" by Uta Levka; lighting and camerawork by Hans Jura was "first-rate".[4] Another reviewer wrote that the film had "a rather classy look" and that the performers were "attractive" and the setting "beautiful".[5]

Legal issues

In the case of Rabe v. Washington, 405 U.S. 313 (1972), the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the manager of a drive-in movie theater could not be charged with obscenity for showing the film which was not wholly determined to be obscene, but only parts were, holding that the citizens of Washington State had no notice under the Sixth Amendment that the place where a film was shown was an element of the offense.

Popular culture

Wally Lamb mentioned the bottle dance scene from Carmen, Baby in his 2016 book I'll Take You There.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

According to one film reviewer, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a penchant for the unusual camera angle".[6] Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic — and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous cinematography".[7] Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.[8][9][10][11]

References

External links

• Carmen, Baby at IMDb
• Carmen, Baby at MUBI

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