SWEET AND SAVAGE: The world through the shockumentary film lens; Paperback Book – Headpress
$75.00
Mondo, Shockumentary, Death, Real Footage, Documentary; Paperback Book (160 pages) Headpress publishing
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 later becoming 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.
