6/2/2023 0 Comments The van 1977 waterbedWhen movie like “The Van” comes along, attention must be paid. Now, says “The Van,” we are in the era of the van-which was news to me but, as has gone California, so eventually go all the rest of us. Next came reconditioned jallopies, followed by motorcycles, followed souped‐up Thunderbirds, Corvettes and other conventional automobiles. ![]() ![]() There once was a time when a young man's vehicle was a bicycle with (if he were a fellow of style) balloon tires and a battery‐operated headlight. Bobby works in a car‐wash and has as his dream the ownership of a van, a sort of super‐panel truck whose interior is outfitted with a bar, a mirrored ceiling and a waterbed.īobby, you see, is shy and is convinced that the only way he'll ever be able to get a girl of his own is to be able to dazzle her with his vehicle. Brought to us by the producers of “The Porn Porn Girls,” another movie you've never heard of but which earned an estimated $4,300,000 last year, “The Van” is an exuberantly crass, R‐rated, California comedy about a young man named Bobby, played by actor Stuart Getz who looks a little bit like a real‐life Raggedy Andy. ![]() It's entertainment designed primarily for sale at Hollywood's takeout counter-the drive‐in theater. Bobby, proclaim the ads for “The Van,” “couldn't make it & till he went fun‐truckin'!” No matter how you judge movies, “The Van” must rate as foolish, technically poor, outrageously sexist, cheapie exploitation‐movie.
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