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From: jaw@ames.UUCP (James A. Woods)
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Subject: Dusan Makavejev's splendid original-formula "The Coca Cola Kid"
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 23:12:44 EDT
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plot:
	An obsessive and patriotic U.S. distributor of Coca Cola attempts
	to enlarge the multi-national's territory in the Australian outback.

	There's more -- consult a professional film reviewer for further
	minutiae (e.g. Judy Stone, S.F. Chronicle, 8/11/85).  The timing of
	the film is perfect; this may thwart the cosy place normally reserved
	in the auteur's heart for college-town sleepers.

for Coca Cola freaks, it's what you're all about:

	Makavejev has "thought through" carbonated beverage politics here,
	just as Yquem as done for sauterne, Hawken has done for econometrics,
	and Ritchie has done for Unix I/O.

for Makavejev mavens (you know who you are):  another triumph.

	Purposely not as daring as "Sweet Movie" or the Reichian "W.R.",
	it nevertheless harbors it's own obliquities.  The wry subtleties
	were crafted out of a desire (though by no means hypocritical),
	to obtain financial backing.  Makavejev's trademarks are all there,
	ranging from the scatological motif, to a de tocqueville-like curiosity
	for the mores of a non-native land, to an unavoidable erotic
	tension which would make the likes of director Nicolas Roeg 
	throb with jealousy.

for people who like:

	frisky secretaries

	the cinematography of Oz
	   including de rigueur Aboriginal didgeridoo shots more of
	   the variety of a Peter Weir than of a George Miller.

	catchy advert jingles
	   (the credits to the Coke song include a certain wog formerly
	   of the Rutles parody band.)

	method acting
	   Paul Snider transforms from the mustachioed weasel of Star 80
	   into a Bowie-like persona.

the Coca Cola Kid is a refreshing wonder.