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Live a Little, Love a Little | 
| Director: Norman Taurog
Actors: Merri Ashley, Benjie Bancroft, Emily Banks, Edie Baskin, Thordis Brandt
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 9.93
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 14950
Format: Ntsc, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD79754D
UPC: 012569797543
EAN: 0012569797543
ASIN: B000QXDEFE
Theatrical Release Date: October 23, 1968
Release Date: August 18, 2008
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 Downright depressing. January 4, 2003
I purchased this film with the knowledge that it features Elvis singing A Little Less Conversation. I love that song, so I figured, no matter how bad the movie was, I would still be glad to own it.pThis movie came very close to proving me very, very wrong.pLet's start with Elvis. His hair, normally his crowning glory, is dyed inky blue-black and is poorly cut. His foundation, which I suppose was applied to make him look healthy and tanned, only makes him look orange. He somnambulates his way through the film. I watched this immediately after _Jailhouse Rock_ and it is saddening to see the light and fire completely extinguished from his eyes. The only times Elvis seems to come to life in _LaL,LaL_ are when his character is pursuing a woman. In these moments, a wolfish intensity animates his face, reminding me a bit of his performance in the '68 Comeback Special.pThat said, I can hardly blame Elvis for a less-than-fully-committed performance here. The script is shockingly bad. Nothing happens for minutes at a time. The movie is an hour and a half long, but one imagines the story ought not to have taken more than twenty minutes to tell. The editing is miserable, but one can hardly blame the folks in the cutting room--they had to include lots of boring, extraneous footage just to get this movie to feature-film length.pAlso remember that the movie was made in 1969, and it was his 28th film. By that time, Elvis had absolutely zero desire to be making movies. Even if he weren't so obviously pained during this film, it would be sad to watch, knowing that Elvis was trapped in his studio contracts and that was the sole reason for his doing the movie.pStill and all, The Edge of Reality and A Little Less Conversation are both very cool songs, and the production numbers are enjoyable. The video only costs ten bucks, so Elvis fans may still want to make this a part of their collections. Casual fans should stick to Elvis's earliest films, like _Jailhouse Rock_ and the brilliant _King Creole_. Elvis's acting in the latter movie is particularly good.
 Becoming more and more psychadelic. November 12, 2002
Josh P.
"Live A Little, Love A Little" is as close to '60s themed as it can get. This picture finds Elvis juggling between two magzine photographer jobs, and it looks sort of compliacted. He takes his leisure time out especially later for girls and Michele Cary. This film is a little cautionary to younger viewers. "Live A Little, Love A Little" focuses more on sex and tries to keep up with the ever-changing times. "Live A Little, Love A Little" features the low "Edge Of Reality" sequence which is very psychadelic in a sense, and "A Little Less Conversation" which became a hit this summer. By the way, pick up "ELV1S 30 #1 Hits", too. Suprising, this film can be enjoyable in some ways.
 Mad COOL August 26, 2002
Shogunshin (Earth, Milky Way Galaxy)
This film is not only weird, but mad cool. The direction of the film, by Norman Taurog, is great. Don't believe me? Watch the fight in the newspaper plant. Jackie Chan has used the SAME gags in his film, and this was 1968, when Jackie was still at opera school. It is short, but very well done for an old fight scene.brThen, there is the EVER SHY GORGEOUS Michele Carey. My oh My, this girl is sooooooooo beautiful in this film, and her voice is to die for. (she does not sing, i am talking her speaking voice here!)brThe party scene, where they use the song popular again today, A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, has great panning Hero shots of Elvis, in a mod blue suit, strutting though a party, hunting and catching his prey, a blonde bombshell. This vignette, is awesome, and worth watching the film alone. brFinally, there is the TRUTH. Can't tell you more, cause it would ruin the film.brLots of hot chicks, weird cool 60's dialogue, parties, and events, and Elvis being the coolest mofo on the planet.brWatch it!brAS soon as it is on DVD, it is MINE!
 Where they got it August 20, 2002
aja (toronto)
soderbergh must have liked this one, and why not. this score is still fresh, a viable remix as used by adidas, sbs tv australia and elivs vs. whomever else clued in that this bandwagon was worth revisiting, even if eyes are closed.
A little less conversation, a little more action, babe... December 7, 2000
Kitten With a Whip (The Hellmouth)
I've been an Elvis fan for 10 years now, and I've seen most of his 60's movies. For some reason I didn't rent this one till recently- I think it's because I had it confused with "The Trouble With Girls", which I have no desire to see. Anyway, we rented this because we saw it had "A Little Less Conversation" in it and liked it so much we ended up buying it.p Elvis plays Greg Nolan, a photographer who..ok, there's not much of a plot to describe here. The storyline consists of a girl he meets who keeps changing her name (Bernice/Betty/Suzie/Alice) and personality, spending most of the movie alternately messing with Elvis' mind and coming on to him. Meanwhile, Elvis gets two jobs for girlie-type magazines in the same building- one of them is called "Classic Cat Magazine" (or maybe it's Classy Cat) being a photographer and pretends at both that he only works for that magazine, while he literally runs back and forth between the two jobs, changing clothes and trying not to have one boss find out about the other. Red West makes his usual cameo as a guy in a fight scene who Elvis ends up [fighting] (always fun to watch).p This is a pretty fun Elvis movie, and since it was filmed in '68, right around the time Elvis did the comeback special, the King was in great shape, looking pretty sharp with his sideburns and tan. He also looks like he's having fun, and doesn't feel too stupid. "Spinout" is entertaining, but half the time Elvis looks pretty unhappy. One of my Elvis trivia-type books said this movie has the distinction of being the only one he ever has sex in (offscreen, of course) but I think the only way you could tell this is by him waking up in a girl's bed. His co-star, who looks like a cross between Sharon Tate and how Liz Taylor looked in the 60's, was kind of annoying (though not as bad as some of the actresses he's worked with, and at least she has a great wardrobe.) It was mainly the fact that she had this kind of whispery voice like Taylor. The clothes and hair are all really cool. pThere are only 4 songs in the movie, but two of them are especially good. I loved "The Edge of Reality"-Elvis has this trippy dream because Bernice/Betty/Suzie/Alice has been messing with his mind so much. The song is great, and Elvis wears this tailored set of pajamas that look more like a blue sharkskin suit. I think whoever designed and choreographed the dream sequence might have paid a little visit to Dr. Nick's, if you know what I mean, but it's pretty cool. The highlight of the movie for me was definitely "A Little Less Conversation", which Elvis sings to a hot babe at a swinging cocktail party as he's getting her to leave with him. Watch for the male red-haired go-go dancer that they pass who dances so furiously and wildly that his gyrations actually make him upstage Elvis for a few seconds, which is no small feat. As he and the chick are leaving, they pass other go-go dancers, saunter out the door of the cool 60's pad, and hop in Elvis' Cadillac that the valets just happened to have pulled up in front at that second, while Elvis smoothly never misses a beat and manages to make the whole thing look like he does it every night. Now THAT'S how you leave a party!p One of Elvis' better flicks from the 60's, and definitely my favorite movie of his to watch from the late 60's.
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