Car Wash – Der ausgeflippte Waschsalon (1976)

Car Wash – Der ausgeflippte Waschsalon: Directed by Michael Schultz. With Ivan Dixon, Otis Day, Bill Duke, Franklyn Ajaye. A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.

“My favorite part of this movie is the opening, early morning in L.A. as the d.j. talks. There is something so exciting about that. This movie is so outlandish and so cleverly done, my friends and I have watched it many a time and chuckled. In fact, most of my friends love this movie and could watch it many times over, and they are pretty intellectual. The laughing never stops. I think the secret of the appeal is that the actors are a fine group of actors. They play the parts in a run down (I think itu0026#39;s supposed to be run down, or at least economically depressed area) car wash, but they are fine actors with fine comedic timing. You feel that you are taken right back there with them, and life is going to be carefree forever in L.A. in 1976. Maybe itu0026#39;s an atmosphere that only exists in peopleu0026#39;s minds. The main girl, Marsha, is very pretty in a very very seventies way, complete with blue eyeshadow. At the end, her prince, Ken, comes to take her away. The soundtrack is one of the best ever set to film, I have the cd though I never listen to it. The soundtrack is best listened to… in the movie. The proper angst is added with some sociological issues.”