Arena (An Absurd Notion) (1985)

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Info:

• Date: January 1, 1985
• Genre: Gigantic Music Video

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.

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

Thoughts:

• 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

Links:

• When Gen-X Ruled the Multiplex
• Wikipedia
• YouTube Search

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