i catch this film at it pre world premiere at a press screening at the rotterdam film festival back in january of this year and i really enjoy it and mainly because i have never see anything quite like it before and do not expect that i will likely ever see anything like it again . the first thing that sweep me away be the set design or art direction represent right from the get go i have the feeling i be back in the 70 except it wasn not through the usual play out typical hollywood re interpretation of what the seventy be suppose to have look like and this film elicit a holy s the filmmaker must have get their hand on a warehouse full of actual item from the 70 sensation ( and apparently they do collect prop for year ) . the films color be absolutely dazzling and the look achieve in the film be almost a if the director be aim to visually reproduce the feel of a technicolor film a filter through copious amount of lsd . the character the actor be portray often come off a mindless automaton and sort of stereotypical parody of american archetype if you will and the performance be often wooden to the point of disbelief almost a if they be try to overact in a very detached manner and it work quite well and add to the overall sense of disbelief i have while watch this film . some of the line the actor deliver be so incredibly vapid yet deliver so deadpan that i could not control my laughter and sometimes the set alone be enough to make me giggle . while the film certainly parody b flick on one level and on another it truly work a a piece of calculated and subversive art by reverse the usual misogynistic dynamic of the typical exploitation film represent we see the repressed lead character barbi transform into viva who become self aware and empower by discover and revel in her sexuality ( the animate orgasm scene be pretty awesome and apparently anna biller also animate this sequence . ) thus i venture to guess that anna biller may have very well create the first post feminist 70 era b flick exploitation homage film anyone know of anything else out there like this . i would definitely recommend this film to fan of john water work as well a anyone interested in feminist or subversive art and hell and anna biller art direction alone warrant at least two viewing . all in all i really enjoy the film and i do wish i have be just a little bit fresher for the screening a per film festival requirement i have sleep about four hour the previous evening and be still a bit hungover . i hope i get the chance to see this film again because i would not hesitate to make some phone call and round up a posse and viva be definitely a film experience that would make for some excellent post film discussion over drink . if i be to make a criticism about viva it would be that i think the film could use a little more time in the cutting room to trim it up perhaps just a wee bit and give that i be watch a world premiere i will assume that what i saw be perhaps the director cut . regardless and viva really be an achievement on several level and it should certainly solidify anna biller a one of the fresh new multi talented directorial voice of today .