Chase_Witherspoon Intrepid young researchers with the ability to travel ahead in time as part of a government sponsored project to survey ecology and forecast future food shortages, discover that earth may have succumbed to a nuclear disaster. As a result of the discovery, the government suspends their research and they stage a daring time travel to the future in an attempt to locate signs of life, or, aid its continuance. Isolated in the Idaho wilderness, they pair off in search of life only to encounter a series of harrowing symbols and shocking revelations concerning the fate of mankind.Director Fonda has merged the youth movement culture of the early seventies with the sci-fi genre, affecting a creatively unique and stylishly photographed film that would surely attract cult status. While the themes are heavily symbolised (you really need to find the meaning beyond the text here), the dialogue somewhat lacking narrative context, and the characters shallow, the film still packs a punch. Bruce Logan's cinematography in a barren Idaho wilderness is a highlight, while performances by the unknown cast (save for Keith Carradine in a small role) range from rank amateur to semi professional at best, although this doesn't diminish the overall impact.Quirky (the time transporter has to separate metal from mineral matter and so the researchers commute sans pants owing to the zippers) and experimental looking, there's an apparent allegorical message about mankind's custodianship of the planet, and the role of youth in arresting its decline which will either hit or miss depending on your preference for sci-fi rendered social commentary. And while forbearance is required to accept some of the events depicted in the film (e.g. there's a character who's head is seemingly beaten to a pulp with a rock in a sustained, frenzied attack, yet bares little more than a scratch), if you persevere, you may be rewarded.

anxietyresister Alright my fellow lovers of obscure movies, get your head round this: The world is DOOMED. DOOMED I tells yer. But fortunately a group of young under-20's have invented a time machine which allows them to go forward into the future to the aftermath of the apocalypse to repopulate the species. Why they don't just go back to try and prevent the crisis is beyond me, but anyway.. the rules are quite simple. All you have to remove your shoes, socks and trousers, and sit on an exercise machine while convulsing. No, really. Apart from getting a few nice pantie shots, it's hard to imagine why the makers would come up with such a bizarre method of transportation. Wait, I think I've just figured it out.So yeah.. the head honcho of this project is none other than B-movie legend Keith Carradine, and the director is a chap you might have heard of with a rather famous family, called Peter Fonda. Alas, the presence of these big guns fails to show much evidence of quality on screen, with a minuscule budget being apparent from the start resulting in some truly laughable not-so-special effects. Carradine's role is nothing more than an extended bit cameo anyway, with most of the focus on his blonde daughter played by the pretty but utterly vapid Kelly Bohanan. Her travels round the desolate future world with her equally tedious entourage of young men and women are noteworthy only for the production designer's lack of imagination. We get a few burnt out cars, a snake and some rocks. Lots and lots of rocks.Fonda likes his long shots, as he trains the camera in scene after scene as far away as possible as if to show us the hopelessness of this barren wilderness. This sounds great on paper, but in the actual movie the trick is repeated too often and takes us right out of the film. Not that you'll be missing much.. the dialogue consists mainly of boring conversations between boring people who, 40 years from now, could make a fantastic living in the House Of Lords with all their pathetic navel gazing Finally, I defy anyone to make any sense of the labyrinthine plot, which takes place in real time and flashbacks with so much flipping between the two you'll end up nauseous. Either that, or they bring at least one main character back from the dead without any explanation. Don't even think about it. You could develop a brain hemorrhage.Incidentally, my copy cut off 3/4 of the way through. Not the fault of my VHS and the tape inside wasn't chewed up, so it must the cassette itself. This leads me to believe it was probably part of a faulty batch here in the UK. Is anyone else man enough to confess to owning this piece of pish that has the same problem? Do get in touch.. perhaps we can harass Jane Fonda into giving us a refund. She must have made a fortune from all of those Keep Fit videos. Or something.Lastly, I'll close with a quote from what is always a good source of comedy: The back of the video box. "This movie directed by Peter Fonda is probably his best." Excuse me but.. HAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHA. HAHA. HA. HA. Phew.. *wipes tears from eyes*. Deranged? Don't get me started.. 1/10

Cristi_Ciopron Despite small Fonda's blandness and one—sided flower—power core, IDAHO TRANSFER is somehow a good movie—the story is I would not say elliptical but jumped , discontinuous—and hence enigmatic (though, I repeat, Fonda does not master the ellipse, and so he uses the jump …). The movie is primitive according not to the intentions but to the nature of Fonda; and it's interesting despite Fonda and what he does. The ending is very dry.The budget for IDAHO must have been less then minimal—which is to the movie's credit! Fonda's rudimentary ideas about cinema, on the other hand, did not help or improve the movie.It's mere '70s slapdash—yet it's interesting. The actress in the leading role was artistically banal, and sexually very attractive.

Nicholas Rhodes I am always interested in a time-travel film though often disappointed by the result or the logic. On the plus side, this film has beautiful sets, with particular attention paid to the position of the sun by the cameraman, always appreciated. The music is not bad too, neither is the time transfer machine. On the negative side, the first thing is the lack of sharpness. THe whole picture appears slightly blurred, except in the panoramic shots of the scenery. The dialogues are out of synchronisation with the lips of the actors, in addition, many are in unintelligible English ( given the age of the film, this is partly understandeable - there was presumably a desire to be "hip" at the time ). There are also some boring passages, seeing people take off their trousers and shoes and then put them back on is not really my cup of tea. OK, some of the young ladies are pretty and they strip off to take the machine but those moments are short-lived. As to the story, it's slow and uninteresting, and you can see that the actors are mechanically repeating the lines rather than spouting natural dialogues. The long hair of the boys is now completely out of date. I am aware that the film was made on a small budget, and if anything remains in one's mind, it will the the beautfiful countrysides - I have no idea where the film was made !!