| Title |
Mondo Cane |
| Released |
1962 |
| Production Year |
1962 |
| Director |
Paolo Cavara,
Gualitero Jacopetti,
Franco Prosper
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| Comments |
Posing as an educational documentary, Mondo Cane is widely considered to have given birth to the modern Shockumentry. A crude and disturbing selection of footage from various international locations, edited together with the intention of shocking and distressing an audience. The film includes footage of savage animals, violent tribal praxis, exotic landscapes as well as excessive tribal violence. Mono Cane, and indeed many films of the âItalian Waveâ, has since been regarded as a sensationalist and largely racist depiction of foreign cultures. However, it is due to this fact, as well as the graphic nature of the film, that the film has attracted a retrospective cult following. - Jarred Hofman |
| Synopsis |
A 'documentary' comprising of a collection of violent and disturbing clips designed to shock and captivate an audience. The footage has been gathered from a wide range of countries and cultures, exploiting and over-empahszing the bizarre and nonsensical dimensions of global culture. Scenes include a man-hunt and pig slaughter in New Guinea, as well as footage of deformed animals who have been exposed to radiation.
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| An offbeat blog by academic Dean Brandum (Dean researches film like the clappers for both his PhD, and for non-thesisy, recreational purposes),Craig Martin (...[full record]
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| book - Sweet & Savage: The World Through The Shockumentary Film Lens . |
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