Sweet & Savage : The World Through The Shockumentary Film Lens

Sweet & Savage : The World Through The Shockumentary Film Lens

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Mondo Cane in 1962 was the blueprint for a shocking, controversial and influential documentary film cycle. Known collectively as "mondo films" or "shockumentaries," this enduring series of films is a precursor of the reality TV show.

A box-office draw for three decades and now a staple of the video rental market, these explosive exposes would often pass fabricated scenes as fact in order to give the public a sensationalist, highly emotive view of the world.

Sweet & Savage is the first-ever English-language book devoted exclusively to the mondo documentary film. A study of mondo as a global film phenomenon, it includes a detailed examination of the key films and includes exclusive interviews with the godfathers of this cult genre.

About the Author
Mark Goodall is an academic who teaches and writes about film. He is also a musician and composer, experimental filmmaker and has worked as a journalist, bookseller, community artist, printer and cheesemonger.

Sweet & Savage : The World Through The Shockumentary Film Lens,Mark Goodall,J.G. Ballard,Gualtiero Jacopetti,Critical Vision,1900486490,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Performing Arts / Film / General

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