Shampoo

Oh, that’s some cast…

Anyway, I got this movie because I watched Harold & Maude the other month, and this is another movie by Hal Ashby. And I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen this before.

But! I read the Mad Magazine parody of this many times as a child. I don’t really remember the parody either at this point, though, so I basically know nothing.

Sure, phones have a light in the handset…

Goldie!

Is Beatty wearing a wig? That’s a lot of hair.

Is Christie wearing a wig, too? That’s a lot of hair!

This is extremely Robert Altmanesque. But I guess that entire thing was a more general 70s movie thing — lots of people talking across each other; people constantly being interrupted; people changing their minds…

They put her in a new wig!

Oh, he’s wearing a wig, too; right.

They hid Carrie Fisher’s wig under a scarf…

Oh my god! Christie’s wig keeps on growing! Is this a comment on er something?

It’s very political.

Is Beatty’s character supposed to be like 25? His acting is all over the place… I don’t quite get what this movie is, like, about? I mean, I’m kinda enjoying it on a scene by scene basis, but it seems so unfocused. Perhaps that’s the point.

I guess the election in 1968 was when the US went off the rails.

Well, at least they didn’t spend half the budget on these wigs, because they look cheap.

THEY GAVE HER AN EVEN BIGGER WIG

It’s like Big Helmet big.

Hey, I found that Mad Magazine parody!

Oh! That explains so much.

I’m a bit torn on this one… on the one hand, I like the general feel of the movie. On the other hand, I found the third to be deathly dull.

Shampoo. Hal Ashby. 1975. ⚂