--- product_id: 52465404 title: "Barbara Loden's Wanda [DVD]" brand: "barbara lodenmichael higgins" price: "HK$235" currency: HKD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hk/products/52465404-barbara-lodens-wanda-dvd store_origin: HK region: Hong Kong --- # Barbara Loden's Wanda [DVD] **Brand:** barbara lodenmichael higgins **Price:** HK$235 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Barbara Loden's Wanda [DVD] by barbara lodenmichael higgins - **How much does it cost?** HK$235 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hk](https://www.desertcart.hk/products/52465404-barbara-lodens-wanda-dvd) ## Best For - barbara lodenmichael higgins enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted barbara lodenmichael higgins brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description An overlooked landmark of 70's American cinema, Barbara Loden's WANDA is a radical revisioning of the road movie genre. Writer-director Loden (wife of famed director Elia Kazan) stars as Wanda, a troubled young woman adrift in a modern-day industrial wasteland until she embarks on a crime spree with a small-time crook (Michael Higgins). Bracingly honest and beautifully shot, Loden's unique film deserves to be counted among the most formidable debuts in independent American cinema. Review "An American New Wave classic" -- The Village Voice, October 11, 2005"Stunning writer-director debut" -- Sight & Sound, Winter 1970/71 ## Images ![Barbara Loden's Wanda [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51CAJ058XCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Devastatingly powerful film *by C***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2016* Barbara Loden was an actress who never really became a household name, despite appearing in many films. She appeared mostly in small roles that never really propelled her to stardom but this film was her signature piece and the pinnacle of her unfinished career, due to her death at age 48 after a long battle with breast cancer. Her second husband, Elia Kazan, from whom she was estranged, though still married to, took credit for this film after her death and many believe this was a fallacy as do I.This film belongs to Barbara Loden, despite Kazan’s claims, and it is a very personal film, as is apparent from watching it (she was the star, the writer and the director). It’s also a very sad and poignant film both visually and emotionally.Loden plays Wanda Goronski, an unstable housewife and mother who seems to be disconnected from her children, her husband, from life itself. She willingly and unemotionally gives up her rights as a mom, divorces her husband and leaves the children in their father’s care.Finding herself without money or a home, she tries to collect on some back pay and borrows a few dollars elsewhere but she is ultimately adrift in the world and spiraling out of control after a one-night stand ditches her. After being robbed and abandoned, Wanda finds herself in the restroom of a bar during an in-progress robbery and becomes fixated on the robber – an unpleasant and abusive man named Norman, who takes her on the run for sex and as his lookout. Wanda is so alone, she goes along with Norman and puts up with his abuse, seemingly due to a complete lack of self esteem and self worth, perhaps even self hatred.When Norman is killed in a bank heist, Wanda flees, hitching a ride with a man who attempts an assault on her but she escapes and ends up sitting with a group of strangers at some rural bar in the woods, totally and painfully alone in the world.I first saw this film on TCM many years ago and then purchased the DVD back in 2007 for $14.95 (it’s now almost $60 – holy cow) and while organizing dvds, came across it recently and re-watched it. It has the same heavy, emotional impact every time I watch it.The film has a haunting quality to it but I think what gets to the heart of the viewer is being able to feel Wanda’s loneliness – a profound and painfully palpable loneliness as well as aloneness. That last shot of Wanda in the bar is so powerful, so human. And knowing a little bit about Barbara Loden’s life and death, the impact is even greater.An amazing and film everyone should see at least once.Recommend. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unsung Masterwork of "cinema verite" *by R***M on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2008* Very few people took notice of Wanda on it's release--the critics found it depressing and "undramatic", its visual style amateurish, its plot hardly formed. What a difference a few decades can make. Now the film stands very tall with the best of the "cimema verite" style--it's tone echoes both the Dardenne Brothers films and the harsh world of Gaspar Noe, as well as the best of independent film making. It is a film very ahead of its time--prophetic in so many ways. The heroine is an utter failure with little future-but this film, with its muted colors, marvelous sense of place, and steady devotion to harsh truths makes it one of the strongest works of art to emerge from the 60's. It's a revelation for anyone devoted to great cinema. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review of Wanda *by M***O on Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2011* For those of you who are familiar with the 1987 movie Barfly, I believe we have identified the character "Wanda" in this 1970 film essentially as the same character "Wanda" in who appears later in the 1987 film. The original 1970 film may provide an insight as to how Barfly's Wanda found herself in her present state seventeen years later. This film is alive with signs of the time, and an enjoyable retro experience. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hk/products/52465404-barbara-lodens-wanda-dvd](https://www.desertcart.hk/products/52465404-barbara-lodens-wanda-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart Hong Kong* *Store origin: HK* *Last updated: 2026-06-06*