Sep 27, 2009
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It's hard to imagine today the impact this tawdry but fascinating Italian "shockumentary" had on the world in 1962, when the bizarre customs of people in other lands seemed both exotic and horrifying to Western eyes. Its smash success spawned a whole genre of mostly phony Mondo movies, each outdoing the other for pure sleaze, which lasted into the 80s and paved the way for something much more upsetting: Reality TV.
i like watching the trailers but would it be possible to replay them without the commentary? Just a suggestion.. .
I think the Eloi stuff in this adaptation is a little too silly and idyllic, but mostly this is a worthy H. ...
The glimpse into the home of the cannibal still gives me nightmares to this day. I first saw this when I was five late one night on Sci-Fi channel...
Allison's commentary is spot on. I visited Haight-Ashbury not long ago, and it still has a peculiar hippie vibe that is a little in tune with "Psych-Out...
Burt Lancaster was one of Hollywood's best actors, but how amazing is Tony Curtis in this? He's such a sniveling little social climber, and yet he's completely magnetic.. .
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