Louisa takes a look back at one of the more sinister entries in our Enchanted 80s season, the underappreciated Return To Oz...
If not an outright porky pie, then the DVD blurb on Disney's 1985 Return To Oz is, at the very least, misleading. "If you loved The Wizard Of Oz," it promises, "you'll love accompanying Dorothy on this second thrilling adventure."
A more fitting advert might be, 'If you loved Mulholland Drive, but thought it could do with less girl-on-girl action and more talking chickens, you'll love accompanying Dorothy through this scary ass mess of a film.' Not quite as pithy, perhaps, but a bit more honest.
A composite of the plots of L Frank Baum's Ozma Of Oz and The Magical Land Of Oz, Walter Murch's sole directorial effort is a very different beast from Fleming's 1939 original. The baddies are as scary, the heroine as determined,...
If not an outright porky pie, then the DVD blurb on Disney's 1985 Return To Oz is, at the very least, misleading. "If you loved The Wizard Of Oz," it promises, "you'll love accompanying Dorothy on this second thrilling adventure."
A more fitting advert might be, 'If you loved Mulholland Drive, but thought it could do with less girl-on-girl action and more talking chickens, you'll love accompanying Dorothy through this scary ass mess of a film.' Not quite as pithy, perhaps, but a bit more honest.
A composite of the plots of L Frank Baum's Ozma Of Oz and The Magical Land Of Oz, Walter Murch's sole directorial effort is a very different beast from Fleming's 1939 original. The baddies are as scary, the heroine as determined,...
- 6/29/2011
- Den of Geek
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