Mondo Cane

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11/17/2021 This is still the quintessential "Shockumentary"- a documentary showing some pretty graphic and gruesome scenes. If you have a strong stomach, watch this flick, but if you have any hesitations- hold back. See more William L 05/27/2021 The Mondo genre sucks, and this founder and namesake of the 'movement' is no exception. The barest semblance of a documentary that fabricates events and twists anything genuine for pure shock value and nothing else. Though the word really didn't exist in the context of film at the time of release, it's exploitative in a tremendously obvious way that makes it appear completely without value as a film ("heh heh, here's some tits in Africa, heh"), rendering even the authentic components and contemporary depictions of various cultures questionable by association. It's also not much to speak of from a technical perspective, being shocking slow for a film that bases its entire identity on being a roughly cobbled-together collection of scenes of base entertainment. The film only really serves as a litmus test for what passed as entertainment in the period, where the popular consciousness laid, and in its inspiration of a torrent of imitators. If you ever wanted to see a naked Yakuza member in one of those vibrating-belt exercise machines, I can safely vouch that you will probably have your weirdly targeted fetish satsified. (1/5) See more s r @ScottR 10/08/2020 1001 movies to see before you die. This "shockumentary" has some unbelievable things captured on film. Many seem legitimate and others seem too much. Regardless, it is unforgettable for its exaggeration, xenophobia and shock value. See more 07/18/2017 It's a dog's movie. Put the director back into his gorilla cage See more 01/11/2017 Mondo Cane is a movie with its big problems. Nonetheless, the concept of shockumentary possesses an immense - largely unexplored and underestimated - political and analytical potential. See more 03/19/2015 When I first went to see Mondo Cane, I expected a Gore Fest. The movie that spawned a whole generation of films that relied heavily on the exploitation of graphic blood and violence could not be less than a carnival of massacre. I was wrong. This movie doesn't have as much hack'n'slash scenes as I thought it would have but it is much, much more disturbing that I ever dreamt it would be. The great art of the Mondo movement is not to be visually shocking; it is to be quintessentially horryfying. Every single scene is built with such a sardonic objectivity, such a cold scientificism that lets you wondering about the true awful nature of the human race. This movie is a masterpiece of misanthopy. See more Read all reviews

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