A shockumentary consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world. The movie is a documentary, and uses a variety of music to accompany various segments. The theme from mondo cane was eventually to become the most recorded pop song of the sixties. It features patton, backed with a 40piece orchestra, a 15piece band and choir, providing vocals for a collection of covers of italian pop songs from the 50s. Mondo cane ii 1962 gualtiero jacopetti and franco prosperi explore a world of primitives, penitents and perversions in a world gone mad. Following its release in italy, mondo cane was screened at the cannes film festival in may 1962, a year after che gioia vivere, the rene. The film is considered the original shocumentary, deviating from genuine documentation by staging and manipulating certain scenes to.
Mondo cane rua joao alfredo, 325, 90050230 porto alegre rated 4. Pattons time in his second home in bologna was apparently well spent. The films on display mondo cane 1962, mondo cane 2 1964, women of the world 1963, africa addio 1966, and goodbye uncle tom 1971 are definitely not for the squeamish and even today still have the power to repulse, disturb and. Mondo cane 2, is a second film in the popular mondo cane documentary series.
The first of a series of pseudodocumentaries about world travel made in the 60s and 70s by gualtiero jacopetti and franco prosperi, mondo cane, which translates in english to a dogs world, documents the cultural customs and traditions of people all over the world, with an emphasis on provocative imagery, the purpose of animals in society, and bizarre rituals. Directed by franco prosperi, gualtiero jacopetti and paolo cavara. Nevertheless, its episodic construction, cosmopolitan concerns, and vaguely sardonic exposition set the template for a great deal of shock cinema to come. Jacopetti liked to say he had invented the antidocumentary or the shockumentary with mondo cane, which was unveiled, and well received, at the 1962 cannes film festival.
Jan 16, 2018 mondo cane 1962 prima parte, qualita originale. Mondo cane is a 1962 italian documentary by filmmakers paolo cavara, franco prosperi, and gualtiero jacopetti, stitching together travelogue vignettes for the explicit purpose of shocking western audiences. This massive set makes it easy to see where the faces of death schlockmeisters got their inspiration, but that series pales in. For a film featuring exploitative, racist, sexist stereotypes distorted into cartoons via juxtaposition, editing, and staging despite claiming to be a documentary, for a film that was a major hit when it was released despite being the basest kind of quasisnuff film, for a film that even in dub is an open sneer at cultures around the world, for a film that revels in graphic violence and nudity. Its a sorry commentary on our times that it would take. When the first film, mondo cane literally translated as a dogs world was unleashed in 1962, it caused a firestorm of controversy. Mondo cane was a film made out of a compilation of pithy sequences depicting strange rituals from around the globe.
May 09, 2014 a shockumentary consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behaviour and bestial violence. Mondo cane 1962 directed by paolo cavara, gualtiero. While windings brassy performances feature top jazz players, notably kenny burrell on guitar, the arrangements are in socalled surf music style. Between 1962 and 1963, the documentary mondo cane became a tremendous boxoffice success, but when we think of the films of 1963, the year it played america, titles like the birds, dr. Dec 28, 2014 108 min documentary 30 march 1962 italy a shockumentary consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence. The mondo cane collection makes a case for jacopetti and prosperi, providing another frame for their films. The mondo cane collection 19621971 popmatters film. Lensed by european filmmakers gualtiero jacopetti and franco prosperi, mondo cane whisks viewers on a bizarre journey into some macabre places, with the camera strategically and voyeuristically placed to record all manner of oddities.
Mondo freudo was released in april, with bizarro quickly following in august. The film is italian although it is dubbed into english. Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy it at buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. In an age of instantaneous, unmediated representations of violence, mondo cane can feel wideeyed at times almost quaint. Theme from mondo cane to capitalise on the singles popularity. Africa addio here in both its devastating english version and rarely seen directors cut is the horrific portrait of the dark continent that ignited an international political. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Mondo cane soundtrack from 1962, composed by riz ortolani.
Mondo cane is the original shockumentary sensation that launched the entire mondo genre, as well as its notorious hit sequels women of the world and mondo cane 2. The film consists of a series of travelogue scenes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world. Rites, rituals and superstitions is a 1962 italian mondo documentary film written and directed by paolo cavara, franco prosperi and gualtiero jacopetti. Nominally a documentary, this film combines a number of unrelated sequences both real and staged including a south pacific cargo cult, the ritual slaughter of a bull, tribal dances and rituals, and a visit to an ornate pet cemetery.
When i told our film editor, scott tobias, that i was planning to cover mondo cane, he looked at me blankly. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Mondo cane from the flint, mi area anthology disc 1 mark camp vocals and guitar jim hicks guitar brian confer bass matt entsminger drums tracks 16 self titled release tracks 714 club demo release visit the flint music scene archives. Cameron dismisses the excitement over mondo cane as a further example of the perversity of the cannes audience and, writing in 1962, set the tone for subsequent critical reception of the work of jacopetti, and the. Patton conceived of the album while living in bologna, and became attracted to music he heard on the radio featuring pop singers backed by orchestras. Rent mondo cane 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Directed by paolo cavara, gualtiero jacopetti, franco prosperi. Mondo cane on dvd 827058101196 from blue underground. Mondo cane 1962 a documentary that shocked many viewers at the time of its release, this film presents scenes from across the globe that feature strange rituals. It is pathetic, heartbreaking and shocks u into a new awareness of the extraordinary nature of the human condition. Lensed by european filmmakers gualtiero jacopetti and franco prosperi, mondo cane whisks viewers on a bizarre journey into some macabre places, with the camera strategically and voyeuristically placed to record all manner of. Its tempting to write this off as a collection of mashed up imagery organized. Aug 19, 2011 jacopetti went on to make a sequel, mondo cane 2 1963, and, in between, women of the world 1963, which looked at women with the same lurid scrutiny found in the mondo films.
Like, mondo cane this film doesnt just focus on one subject for its documentary but several rather. But while jacopetti documented the peculiarities of what was then described as. Mondo cane a dogs world, 1962 is a documentary written and directed by italian filmmakers paolo cavara, franco prosperi andgualtiero jacopetti. Mondo cane 2 takes hold of the large well of bizarre human behavior.
Mondo cane is a 1962 italian mondo documentary film written and directed by paolo cavara. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise western film audiences. Sep 26, 2011 mondo cane ranks as a legendary albeit offbeat and, to some, offputting milestone in film history. Nov 10, 2010 mondo cane is a 1962 italian documentary by filmmakers paolo cavara, franco prosperi, and gualtiero jacopetti, stitching together travelogue vignettes for the explicit purpose of shocking western audiences. Mondo cane gualtiero jacopetti, paolo cavara, franco prosperi 1962 italy 35 mm 108 min ov with catalan subtitles all the scenes you will see in this film.
With stefano sibaldi, rossano brazzi, yves klein, henning skaarup. Choose from mondo cane sheet music for such popular songs as more. Its a sorry commentary on our times that it would take far more than this film has on offer to titillate, let. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. A shockumentary consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behaviour and bestial violence. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Released by sugar creazioni artistiche musicali in 2012 sugar 10 containing music from mondo cane 1962. This shockumentary caused a stir when it was released in 1962 no one had seen. The first of a series of pseudodocumentaries about world travel made in the 60s and 70s by gualtiero jacopetti and franco prosperi, mondo cane, which translates in english to a dogs world, documents the cultural customs and traditions of people all over the world, with an emphasis on provocative. Unpacking why it is this particular film launched a thousand grotesque ships is another matter. Featuring a fortymember orchestra and fifteenpiece backing band, the album contains a series of cover versions of 1950s and 1960s italian pop music. Mondo cane collection, the 8disc limited edition out of print for the first time ever, these films have been fully restored from the original negatives and are presented in their definitive versions loaded with extras. Riz ortolani and nino oliviero mondo cane 1962, vinyl.
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals. A dogs world is a documentary written and directed by italian filmmakers paolo cavara, franco prosperi and gualtiero jacopetti. Rent mondo cane 1962 starring rossano brazzi and stefano sibaldi on dvd and bluray. Mondo cane meaning doggish world, which is a mild italian profanity. Its interesting to learn about the mysticism in italy. This shockumentary caused a stir when it was released in 1962 no one had seen anything quite like it before.
Mondo cane in streaming, noleggia streaming, acquista download. They are sorry if anyone confuses them with a mike patton album of the same name. Mondo cane 1962 prima parte, qualita originale youtube. It is an accusation against cowardice and conformity, a reaction against hypocrisy, a revolt against the disgusting deceptiveness of a rose colored world. As the founder of the eponymous mondo genre, the historical import of mondo cane is welldocumented. Though not the first, mondo cane is the mondo film that provided the genre with its name. Mondo cane ranks as a legendary albeit offbeat and, to some, offputting milestone in film history.
Where previous faux documentaries had merely muddied ethnography with a hucksters dose of exploitation, a trend shared by all socalled shockumentaries, mondo cane remains the genres landmark for its cunning evisceration, through ironic editing and narration, of the comforting lies entwined in the. A shockumentary consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence. Its my understanding that this nasty and condescending little peep show was quite the cause celebre in 1962. With stefano sibaldi, henning skaarup, peter ustinov, madame nhu. This is mondo cane 1962 by cleo concrete on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Mar 27, 2012 mondo cane soundtrack from 1962, composed by riz ortolani. Beautiful and blasphemous, they offer alternately dazzling and bleak images, as the.