Performance

Barbarella

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Roger Vadim’s *Barbarella* (1968) returns to the screen at MoMA as part of the museum’s ongoing film program balancing classics with newer work. Jane Fonda plays a United Earth envoy sent across the cosmos to locate Dr. Durand Durand, whose invention threatens planetary survival, and the search unfolds as a chain of stylized encounters with an eclectic supporting cast. The film’s lasting cultural footprint is less about plot mechanics than about how it filters late-1960s sexuality and design through science fiction. Specific NYC premiere details are not reliably documented.