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A mondo film is a documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary
Mockumentary

Mockumentary , is a genre of film and television, or a single work of the genre. Although a mockumentary may be one of the comedy genres, serious mockumentaries also exist....
, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations.

The genre started with the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 film Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane is a 1962 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film by Italy filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Cinema of the United States audience, incl...
 (A Dog's World, also a mild Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 curse
Profanity

The original meaning of the adjective profane referred to items not belonging to the church, e.g. "The fort is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local monastery is older, and is the oldest sacred building," or "besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings"....
; "mondo" literally means "world") made in 1962 by Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Gualtiero Jacopetti

'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
, Franco Prosperi and proved quite popular. Mondo films are often easily recognized by name, as even English language mondo films often included the term "mondo" in their titles.






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A mondo film is a documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary
Mockumentary

Mockumentary , is a genre of film and television, or a single work of the genre. Although a mockumentary may be one of the comedy genres, serious mockumentaries also exist....
, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations.

The genre started with the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 film Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane is a 1962 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film by Italy filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Cinema of the United States audience, incl...
 (A Dog's World, also a mild Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 curse
Profanity

The original meaning of the adjective profane referred to items not belonging to the church, e.g. "The fort is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local monastery is older, and is the oldest sacred building," or "besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings"....
; "mondo" literally means "world") made in 1962 by Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Gualtiero Jacopetti

'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
, Franco Prosperi and proved quite popular. Mondo films are often easily recognized by name, as even English language mondo films often included the term "mondo" in their titles. Over the years the film makers wanted to top each other in shock value in order to draw in audiences. Cruelty to animals, accidents, tribal initiation rites and surgeries are a common feature of a typical mondo. Much of the action is also staged, even though the film makers may claim their goal to document only "the reality".

The Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer

Russell Albion Meyer , was an United States film film director and photographer.Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured high camp humor, sly satire and large-breasted actresses....
 film Mondo Topless
Mondo Topless

Mondo Topless is a 1966 pseudo documentary directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Babette Bardot and Lorna Maitland among others. It was Meyer's first color film following a string of black & white "roughie nudies", including Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! While a straightforward sexploitation film, the film owes some debt to the French new...
 was one of the few "documentaries" restricted to the old midnight movie
Midnight movies

The term midnight movie is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides....
 circuit of the pre-VCR era, as it explored strip clubs in 1960s San Francisco, at a time when strip clubs were a novelty in the United States restricted to centers of port-city decadence such as San Francisco.

Other examples of movies in this genre include Mondo di Notte by Gianni Proia, Mondo Balordo by Roberto Bianchi Montero, and Mondo Ford by Ricardo Fratelli.

The eighties saw a resurgence of mondo movies, though now they focused almost solely on onscreen death, rather than cultures of the world. The Faces of Death
Faces of Death

Faces of Death , also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a mondo film, lasting roughly 105 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to death and violence acts....
 series is probably the best known example of this type of mondo, or 'death' movie. The producers at this time still used some faked footage, passed off as real, but the majority of the footage was legitimate. This includes scenes of real autopsies, suicides, accidents, and intercontinental executions. Executions done in America were faked, only because it is illegal to tape or observe live executions there.

The mondo film in the 21st century has transformed into a very 'in your face', gory spectacle, as seen in the Faces of Gore
Faces of Gore

Faces of Gore is a mondo film video that depicts graphic footage of bloody, mangled bodies. Though death and graphic violence is the focus of the video, no actual scenes of death are ever shown -- only aftermath/cleanup footage....
 and Traces of Death
Traces of Death

Traces of Death is a 1993 direct-to-video Mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of graphic violence....
 series. There is considerably less fake footage and many of these use news footage of accidents from the far east
Far East

The Far East is a term current in English language to refer to the countries of East Asia. The term is often expanded to also include Southeast Asia and South Asia, for economic and cultural reasons, for example because Buddhism is common to East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia....
.

Mondo movies

The original mondo film series was the Mondo Cane series made by Gualtiero Jacopetti
Gualtiero Jacopetti

'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
, Paolo Cavara, and Franco Prosperi. When this type of film proved successful, many imitators followed.

The Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane is a 1962 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film by Italy filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Cinema of the United States audience, incl...
 Series

  • Mondo Cane
    Mondo Cane

    Mondo Cane is a 1962 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film by Italy filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Cinema of the United States audience, incl...
     (1962
    1962 in film

    The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Gualtiero Jacopetti
    Gualtiero Jacopetti

    'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
    , Paolo Cavara, Franco E. Prosperi. Music: Riz Ortolani
    Riz Ortolani

    Riziero "Riz" Ortolani is an Italy film composer.In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown....
    . Uncut run time: 108 minutes. R-rated run time: 85 minutes.


  • La Donna nel Mondo (1963
    1963 in film

    The year 1963 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Franco E. Prosperi, Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti
    Gualtiero Jacopetti

    'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
    . Music: Riz Ortolani
    Riz Ortolani

    Riziero "Riz" Ortolani is an Italy film composer.In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown....
    , Nino Oliviero. Uncut run time: 107 minutes.


  • Mondo Cane 2 (1963
    1963 in film

    The year 1963 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Franco E. Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti. Music: Nino Oliviero. Uncut run time: 95 minutes. R-rated run time: 76 minutes.


  • Africa Addio
    Africa Addio

    Africa Addio is a famed 1966 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film about the end of the colonial era in Africa. The film was released under the names "Africa Blood and Guts" in the USA and "Farewell Africa" in the UK....
     (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Gualtiero Jacopetti
    Gualtiero Jacopetti

    'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
    , Franco Prosperi. Music: Riz Ortolani
    Riz Ortolani

    Riziero "Riz" Ortolani is an Italy film composer.In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown....
    . Uncut run time: 139 minutes. Unrated English version: 128 minutes. R-rated version: 80 minutes.


  • Addio Zio Tom
    Addio Zio Tom

    Goodbye Uncle Tom is a 1971 in film Cinema of Italy directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi and features music by Riz Ortolani....
     (1971
    1971 in film

    The year 1971 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Gualtiero Jacopetti
    Gualtiero Jacopetti

    'Gualtiero Jacopetti' is an Italy Film director of documentary films.He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called Shockumentary....
    , Franco Prosperi. Music: Riz Ortolani
    Riz Ortolani

    Riziero "Riz" Ortolani is an Italy film composer.In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown....
    . Uncut run time: 136 minutes. Unrated English version: 123 minutes.


Max Steele

In the late 80s, Stelvio Massi, a.k.a. Max Steele, made two spin offs of the original Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane is a 1962 in film Cinema of Italy documentary film by Italy filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise the mostly Cinema of the United States audience, incl...
 series with two more films, which are also known as Mondo Cane 3 and Mondo Cane 4 on various video releases.

  • Mondo Cane Oggi (a.k.a. Mondo Cane 3) (1986
    1986 in film

    Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
    ). Italy. Director and Cinematography: Stelvio Massi (Max Steele). Screenplay: Stelvio Massi. Uncut run time: 78 minutes.


  • Mondo Cane 2000, l'Incredibile (a.k.a. Mondo Cane 4) (1988
    1988 in film

    Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
    ). Italy. Director and Cinematography: Stelvio Massi (Max Steele). Screenplay: G. Crisanti


Uwe Schier

In 1993, Hurricane Pictures edited a mix of scenes featured in Addio ultimo uomo and Shocking Africa, labeling it fifth chapter of the saga (teil V in German language).

  • Mondo Cane teil V (a.k.a. Mondo Cane 5) (1993
    1993 in film

    The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ...
    ). Germany. Producer: Uwe Schier and Gian Carlo Rossi.


The Castiglioni Brothers

In 1969, the brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni began to make a series of their own Mondo films that lasted into the early 80s. They made five films in all, tying Jacopetti and Prosperi as the most prolific Mondo film producers. Each film examines brutal and bizarre behavior on the African continent. Their films are also known for being some of the most graphic Mondo films ever made.

  • Africa Segreta (a.k.a. Secret Africa) (1969
    1969 in film

    The year 1969 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Directors: Angelo Castiglioni, Alfredo Castiglioni. Uncut run time: 103 minutes. Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
    Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

    Angelo Francesco Lavagnino was an Italy composer. He is best known for writing the scores to dozens of films, including The Naked Maja, Legend of the Lost, Gorgo , Daisy Miller , and two directed by Orson Welles, Othello , Chimes at Midnight, and Esther and the King....
    .


  • Africa Ama (a.k.a. Africa Uncensored) (1971
    1971 in film

    The year 1971 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Directors: Angelo Castiglioni, Alfredo Castiglioni. Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
    Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

    Angelo Francesco Lavagnino was an Italy composer. He is best known for writing the scores to dozens of films, including The Naked Maja, Legend of the Lost, Gorgo , Daisy Miller , and two directed by Orson Welles, Othello , Chimes at Midnight, and Esther and the King....
    .


  • Magia Nuda (a.k.a. Mondo Magic) (1975
    1975 in film

    The year 1975 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Directors: Angelo Castiglioni, Alfredo Castiglioni. Music: Zacar.


  • Addio Ultimo Uomo (a.k.a. The Last Savage) (1978
    1978 in film

    The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Directors: Angelo Castiglioni, Alfredo Castiglioni. Music: Franco Godi.


  • Africa Dolce e Selvaggia (a.k.a. Shocking Africa) (1982
    1982 in film

    for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
    ). Italy. Directors: Angelo Castiglioni, Alfredo Castiglioni. Music: Franco Godi.


The Savage Trilogy

Antonio Climati, cinematographer to Prosperi and Jacopetti in many Mondo films, teamed up with Mario Morra in 1974 to produce their own string of Mondo films, aptly named the "Savage Trilogy". Franco Prosperi also went on to produce these films. Climati and Morra were notorious for staging several scenes of their documentaries.

  • Ultime grida dalla savana
    Ultime grida dalla savana

    Ultime grida dalla savana , also known as La Grande caccia and by its English title Savage Man Savage Beast, is an influential Mondo film directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra....
     (a.k.a. Savage Man Savage Beast) (1975
    1975 in film

    The year 1975 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Antonio Climati, Mario Morra. Music: Carlo Savina. Uncut run time: 94 minutes.


  • Savana violenta
    Savana violenta

    Savana violenta , also known as This Violent World and Mondo Violence, is a Mondo film directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra....
     (a.k.a. This Violent World) (1976
    1976 in film

    The year 1976 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Antonio Climati, Mario Morra. Music: Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis.


  • Dolce e selvaggio (a.k.a. Sweet and Savage) (1983
    1983 in film

    Events*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York...
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Antonio Climati, Mario Morra. Music: Daniele Patucchi.


Death Films

In 1978, Faces of Death
Faces of Death

Faces of Death , also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a mondo film, lasting roughly 105 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to death and violence acts....
 popularized a new Mondo style called Death Films, which consisted completely of humans or animals dying in graphic ways. Several imitators followed, and most use or are completed arranged of footage from other Mondo or death films.

  • The Faces of Death Series
    Faces of Death

    Faces of Death , also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a mondo film, lasting roughly 105 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to death and violence acts....
     (1978-1996) (Six parts). Director and Screenplay: John Alan Schwartz.
    • The Worst of Faces of Death
      The Worst of Faces of Death

      The Worst of Faces of Death is a direct-to-video compilation of highlights from the first three Faces of Death films. The parachuter landing in the alligator pit, as well as the slaughterhouse footage, the shootout in front of the pharmacy and monkey brain eating sequence are lifted whole from the earlier films....
       (1987
      1987 in film

      Events*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
      ). Director and Screenplay: John Alan Schwartz. Compilation video of the first three Faces of Death films.
    • Faces of Death: Fact or Fiction?
      Faces of Death

      Faces of Death , also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a mondo film, lasting roughly 105 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to death and violence acts....
       (1999
      1999 in film

      The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
      ). Director: John Alan Schwartz. Screenplay: John Alan Schwartz, James B. Schwartz. Documentary about the film Faces of Death.


  • The Traces of Death Series
    Traces of Death

    Traces of Death is a 1993 direct-to-video Mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of graphic violence....
     (1993-2000) (Five Parts). Director and Screenplay: Damon Fox.


  • The Faces of Gore Series
    Faces of Gore

    Faces of Gore is a mondo film video that depicts graphic footage of bloody, mangled bodies. Though death and graphic violence is the focus of the video, no actual scenes of death are ever shown -- only aftermath/cleanup footage....
     (1999-2000) (Three Parts). Director and Screenplay: Todd Tjersland.
    • The Best of Faces of Gore
      Faces of Gore

      Faces of Gore is a mondo film video that depicts graphic footage of bloody, mangled bodies. Though death and graphic violence is the focus of the video, no actual scenes of death are ever shown -- only aftermath/cleanup footage....
       (2000). Director and Screenplay: Todd Tjersland. Compilation video of the Faces of Gore series.


Others

  • Mondo Nudo (1963
    1963 in film

    The year 1963 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director: Francesco De Feo. Screenplay: Gian Carlo Fusco, Giuseppe Marotta. Music: Teo Usuelli.


  • Il Pelo nel Mondo (1964
    1964 in film

    The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Antonio Margheriti, Marco Vicario. Music: Bruno Nicolai, Nino Oliviero.


  • Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa
    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri, also known as Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa or Kwaheri: The Forbidden, is a 1964 in film mondo film directed by David Chudnow and Thor Brooks....
     (1964
    1964 in film

    The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Directors: Thor L. Brooks, Byron Chudnow. Screenplay: Michael Vittes. Music: Byron Ross.


  • I Malamondo (1964
    1964 in film

    The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director: Paolo Cavara. Screenplay: Guido Castaldo, Paolo Cavara, Ugo Gregoretti, Francesco Torti. Music: Ennio Morricone.


  • Le Schiave Esistono Ancora (a.k.a. Slave Trade in the World Today) (1964
    1964 in film

    The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Directors: Maleno Malenotti, Roberto Malenotti, Folco Quilici. Screenplay: Baccio Bandini, Gianfranco Calderoni, Roberto Malenotti. Music: Teo Usuelli.


  • Mondo Balordo (1964
    1964 in film

    The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero. Screenplay: Guido Castaldo Francesco Torti. Music: Coriolano Gori, Nino Rosso.


  • Mondo Topless
    Mondo Topless

    Mondo Topless is a 1966 pseudo documentary directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Babette Bardot and Lorna Maitland among others. It was Meyer's first color film following a string of black & white "roughie nudies", including Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! While a straightforward sexploitation film, the film owes some debt to the French new...
     (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director: Russ Meyer. Music: The Aladdins.


  • Mondo Freudo (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director: Lee Frost. Music: Rodney Lee Bermingham, The Duvals, Chuck Morgan, Bill Wild.


  • Mondo Bizarro (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director and Screenplay: Lee Frost. Music: Lawrence Von Lattman.


  • Sweden: Heaven and Hell
    Sweden: Heaven and Hell

    Sweden: Heaven and Hell is an Italy mondo film from 1968 in film directed by Luigi Scattini. It features the debut of the "Mah N? Mah N?" song by Piero Umiliani....
     (1968
    1968 in film

    The year 1968 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director: Luigi Scattini.


  • Mondo Trasho
    Mondo Trasho

    Mondo Trasho is a 1969 16mm black-and-white film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Glen Milstead, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary and Mink Stole....
     (1969
    1969 in film

    The year 1969 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director and Screenplay: John Waters
    John Waters (filmmaker)

    John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an United States Film director, actor, writer, celebrity, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive art cult films....
    .


  • Shocking Asia (1974
    1974 in film

    The year 1974 in film involved some significant events....
    ). West Germany. Director: Rolf Olsen. Screenplay: Rolf Olsen, Ingeborg Stein Steinbach. Uncut run time: 94 minutes.


  • Notti Porno nel Mondo (a.k.a. Mondo Erotica) (1977
    1977 in film

    The year 1977 in film involved some significant events....
    ). Italy. Director and Screenplay: Bruno Mattei. Music: Gianni Marchetti.


  • This Is America (a.k.a. Crazy Ridiculous American People , a.k.a. Jabberwalk) (1977
    1977 in film

    The year 1977 in film involved some significant events....
    ) USA. Directed by Romano Vanderbes.


  • This Is America - Part 2 (1977
    1977 in film

    The year 1977 in film involved some significant events....
    ) USA. Directed by Romano Vanderbes.


  • Brutes and Savages (1978
    1978 in film

    The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director: Arthur Davis. Screenplay: Jenny Craven. Music: Riz Ortolani
    Riz Ortolani

    Riziero "Riz" Ortolani is an Italy film composer.In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown....
    .


  • Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
    Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

    Mr. Mike's Mondo Video was a 1979 in film movie conceived by Saturday Night Live writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue.Mondo Video was a spoof of the controversial 1962 in film documentary Mondo Cane, showing people doing weird stunts....
     (1979
    1979 in film

    The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
    ). USA. Director: Michael O'Donoghue
    Michael O'Donoghue

    Michael O'Donoghue was a 20th century American writer and performer. He was known for his Black comedy and humor, was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine, and was the first head writer of the highly influential United States television program Saturday Night Live....
    .


  • Des Morts (a.k.a. Of the Dead) (1981
    1981 in film

    Events*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate , a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation to sell it....
    ). Director and Screenplay: Jean-Pol Ferbus, Dominique Garny, Thierry Zéno. Music: Alain Pierre. Uncut run time: 105 minutes.


  • The Killing of America (a.k.a. Violence U.S.A. ) (1982
    1982 in film

    for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
    ). USA. Director: Sheldon Renan, Leonard Schrader. Screenplay: Chieko Schrader, Leonard Schrader. Music: W. Michael Lewis, Mark Lindsay. Uncut run time: 90 minutes.


  • Mondo New York
    Mondo New York

    Mondo New York is a 1988 in film Mondo film featuring Joey Arias and Rick Aviles. A number of New York City denizens appear in various sketches, each linked by a young woman's exploration of the city....
     (1988
    1988 in film

    Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
    ) USA. Director: Harvey Keith. Screenplay: Harvey Keith and David Silver. Uncut run time: 83 minutes.


Bibliography

  • RE/Search No. 10: Incredibly Strange Films
    Incredibly Strange Films

    RE/Search No. 10: Incredibly Strange Films is a book about American underground film and other films edited by V. Vale and Andrea Juno.Among the subjects covered are the work of filmmakers Russ Meyer, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank Henenlotter, Larry Cohen, Doris Wishman, David F....
    : A Guide to Deviant Films. RE/Search
    RE/Search

    RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, California, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980....
     Publications 1986, ISBN 0-940642-09-3
  • Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff, by David Kerekes and David Slater, ISBN 1-871592-20-8, paperback, 1996
  • Sweet and Savage, by Mark Goodall, Headpress, published March 2006 (https://securehost2.zen.co.uk/headpress/showroominfo.asp?ID=139)


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