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This skillfully photographed and edited film begins as a straightforward documentary of stripping. It continues the striptease beyond where any stage performance could go adding elements of humor and imagination.

Freaky and not a little transcendent, "Take Off" takes the strip tease well past its usual climax. By sprinkling a little Georges Melies magic over the peep show motif, Gunvor Nelson simultaneously revels in cinema's earliest forms while exploding the medium's customary reliance on (and objectification of) the female body.—Ulf Kjell Gür

This skillfully photographed and edited film begins as a straightforward documentary of stripping. It continues the striptease beyond where any stage performance could go adding elements of humor and imagination. The film provides an intergalactic transcendence which upsets both sexist and feminist expectations.—Anonymous

Ellion Ness, a professional stripper, performs a seemingly standard dance routine that culminates in the removal of all of her clothing. But she doesn't stop there, which leads to a surprising ending. The film makes a forceful political statement on the image of woman and the true meaning of stripping.—Anonymous