Mondo Cane
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 Mondo Cane DVD Cover |
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| Directed by | Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi |
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| Produced by | Gualtiero Jacopetti |
| Written by | Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero |
| Cinematography | Antonio Climati, Benito Frattari |
| Editing by | Gualtiero Jacopetti |
| Distributed by | Blue Underground |
| Release date(s) | 30 March 1962 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Language | Italian |
Mondo Cane (A Dog's World; also a mild Italian curse) is a 1962 Italian documentary film by Italian 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 Western film audience, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practising South Pacific cargo cult. Mondo Cane's shock-exploitation-documentary style was the inspiration for numerous imitations, including Shocking Asia and the Faces of Death shockumentary series of movies.
It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The movie's theme song, "More," was written by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero and was given a new lyric in the English language by Norman Newell. In 1964, the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. The film's video packaging states it won an Oscar, although it was only nominated.
The film started a fad known as "Mondo film".
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Mondo Cane". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3188/year/1962.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-23.
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