Oc and stings, 1987. Directed by Robert Altman and based on characters from national lampoon. A deconstruction of the then popular teen sex comedy that savagely satirizes capitalist America and has been wildly misunderstood.
Altman got started in the 50s, but really came up in the Hedonistic yet Anarchic 60s and 70s, and his style, bathed in pot smoke and a constantly roving camera and overlapping dialogue, helped define 70s Cinema. By the 80s, the Hedonistic tendencies remained, but the anarchic spirit was replaced by a cozy consumer conformity.
Adapting two sociopathic teen characters from national lampoon, Altman assembled a stellar cast for this vicious deconstruction of the then popular teen comedy. Basically a series of vignettes with the ritual anti-heros waging war against the schwab family, a prototypical mutant American family of the Reagan era. Too bad audiences didn't get the joke, as this movie has been savaged by the main stream and cult film heads alike. Hopefully this Blu Ray by Radiance films helps to recontextualize OC & Stiggs as what it really is, A fascinating one off from a truly one of a kind director.
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