GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Arena (1985)
Info:
- Release Date: January 1, 1985
- Creators: Russell Mulcahy (director), Russell Mulcahy (writer)
- Genre: Gigantic Music Video
- Rating: ★★★★☆
Plot:
- Duran Duran (the Barbarella villain) returns, bent upon destroying the world by sucking energy from loyal concert-going Duran Duran (the band) fans. How despicable! Duran Duran (the band) continues to perform throughout, as much chaos ensues.
Notes:
- Dwarfs! Light shows! Men on gigantic stilts! The whole, Russell Mulcahy extravaganza...
- Simon LeBon, strapped to a windmill and dipped repeatedly in water in "Wild Boys"
- John Taylor, chained to a car and tormented by pictures of himself.
- Actually, make that any time one of the Fab Five is shown in bondage. It doesn't happen nearly often enough.
- The evil, fish-tank leech-humans with monster-sized teeth and a ticker-tape finale
Cast:
- Simon Le Bon as himself
- Nick Rhodes as himself
- John Taylor as himself
- Andy Taylor as himself
- Roger Taylor as himself
- Milo O'Shea as Duran Duran
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