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Antonio Climati
Antonio Climati (November 14, 1931 – August 9, 2015) was an Italian cinematographer, filmmaker and film editor. He was best known for photographing and directing many mondo films during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as for having worked as a director of photography for many Italian horror films. Biography Antonio, son of camera operator Arturo Climati, gained his first experience with the camera alongside his father and as an assistant to news and documentary filmmaker Paolo Gregorich. Then, he was part of the staff of Gualtiero Jacopetti and collaborated with him in the production of some of his movies as a cameraman. During the 1970s, he started to shot his own films in the style of Jacopetti, with occasional side trips to the pure feature film, such as ''Natura contro'', his most recent film to date, in collaboration with Mario Morra. Filmography Director * '' Savage Man Savage Beast'' (1975) (also producer, editor and director of photography) * '' Savana violenta'' (1976) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Mondo Film
Mondo films are a subgenre of exploitation films and documentary films. Many mondo films are made in a way to resemble a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations. Common traits of mondo films include portrayals of foreign cultures (which have drawn accusations of ethnocentrism or racism),Kerekes & Slater, p. 108. an emphasis on taboo subjects such as death and sex, and staged sequences presented as genuine documentary footage. Over time, the films have placed increasing emphasis on footage of the dead and dying (both real and fake). The term ''mondo'' is derived from the Italian word for "world". The term shockumentary is also used to describe the genre. Mondo films began to soar in popularity in the 1960s with the releases of ''Mondo Cane'' (1962), ''Women of the World'' (1963) and '' Africa Addio'' (1966). The genre arguably reached its peak with ''Faces of Death'' in 1978, a film that inspired myriad imitators, such as the ''Traces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natura Contro
''Natura contro'' (English: ''Against Nature''), also known in English as ''The Green Inferno'' and ''Cannibal Holocaust II'', is a 1988 Italian cannibal adventure film directed by Antonio Climati. Climati had no intention of making a sequel to ''Cannibal Holocaust'', and the title was used by distributors of the film to cash in on the success and notoriety of the earlier film. It is best known among cult fans as the film that effectively ended the cannibal genre, which, by then, had virtually fallen extinct. In 2002, British distributor VIPCO released ''Natura Contro'' on VHS and DVD as ''Cannibal Holocaust II'', the film's most well known name. This was the last film directed by Climati, who had gained notoriety as a major player in the mondo film genre. Although fictional, this film deals with many common tropes of mondo films, including exotic customs and locales, and cruel violence. Plot Friends Jemma Demien, Mark, Fred, and Pete head into the Amazon jungle to find a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Morra
Mario Morra (born 1935) is an Italian film editor, director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Morra began working as an assistant editor in the early 1960s, and made his debut as film editor in 1964.Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi''. Gramese, 2002. He gradually established himself up as one of the most representative of his profession, very active in art films as well as in less ambitious works. In 1990 he was nominated to BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Giuseppe Tornatore's '' Cinema Paradiso''. In the 1970s and 1980s, Morra was also director or writer of several successful documentaries and Mondo films, often in collaboration with Antonio Climati Antonio Climati (November 14, 1931 – August 9, 2015) was an Italian cinematographer, filmmaker and film editor. He was best known for photographing and directing many mondo films during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as for having worked as a dir ... like Turbo Time a documentary about the world of car a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Man Savage Beast
''Ultime grida dalla savana'' (), also known as by its English title ''Savage Man Savage Beast'', is a 1975 mondo documentary film co-produced, co-written, co-edited and co-directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra. Filmed all around the world, its central theme focuses on hunting and the interaction between man and animal. Like many mondo films, the filmmakers claim to document real, bizarre and violent behavior and customs, although some scenes were actually staged. It is narrated by the Italian actor and popular dubber Giuseppe Rinaldi and the text was written by Italian novelist Alberto Moravia. This was the first film of Climati's and Morra's Savage Trilogy, which also includes ''Savana violenta'' (''This Violent World'') and ''Dolce e selvaggio'' (''Sweet and Savage''). Arguably the most infamous film of the trilogy, ''Ultime grida dalla savana'' became influential in exploitation cinema by use of cinematographic techniques that were repeated in numerous subsequent Mondo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savana Violenta
''Savana violenta'' ( en, Violent Savanna), also known as ''This Violent World'' and ''Mondo Violence'', is a 1976 mondo film directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra. The film documents various scenes of graphic behavior in an attempted exposé of worldly violence. It is narrated by Giuseppe Rinaldi. It is the second collaborative feature between Antonio Climati and Mario Morra in their series of mondo films called the Savage Trilogy, following ''Ultime grida dalla savana''. See also * List of Italian films of 1976 A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1976at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1976 1976 Films A film ... External links * * Italian horror films Mondo films Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Italian documentary films Films directed by Antonio Climati 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolce E Selvaggio
''Dolce e selvaggio'' (1983) ( en, Sweet and Savage) is a Mondo film directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra. The title "Sweet and Savage" refers to the juxtaposition of pleasant ("sweet") and violent ("savage") imagery within the film.Goodall p. 120Kerekes p. 147 It is narrated by the producer and long-time Mondo film director Franco Prosperi. The film is the third and final entry in Climati and Morra's Savage Trilogy and is also the last collaborative feature between the two directors. Footage in the film was supplemented by scenes that originally appeared in their previous two films, ''Ultime grida dalla savana'' and ''Savana violenta''. Morra went on to direct one final Mondo film, ''The Savage Zone'', while Climati later made the cannibal film ''Natura contro'' in 1988. The film has gained notoriety for the inclusion of several scenes of human death. One of the scenes, in which a man is tied to two trucks that tear off his arm, is staged.Kerekes p. 149 The other scenes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondo Cane
''Mondo Cane'' (literally "Doggish World" or "Dog's World", a mild Italian profanity) is a 1962 Italian mondo documentary film and directed by the trio of Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, and Franco E. Prosperi, with narration by Stefano Sibaldi. The film consists of a series of travelogue scenes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise Western film audiences. These scenes are presented with little continuity, as they are intended as a kaleidoscopic display of shocking content rather than presenting a structured argument. Despite its claims of genuine documentation, certain scenes are either staged or creatively manipulated to enhance this effect. The film was an international box-office success and inspired an entire genre of mondo films in the form of exploitation documentaries, many of which also include the word ''mondo'' (meaning "world") in their title. The musical score by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Addio
''Africa Addio'' (also known as ''Africa: Blood and Guts'' in the United States and ''Farewell Africa'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1966 Italian mondo documentary film co-directed, co-edited and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani. Jacopetti and Prosperi had gained fame (along with co-director Paolo Cavara) as the directors of ''Mondo Cane'' in 1962. ''Africa Addio'' documents the end of the colonial era in Africa, and the violence and chaos that followed. The film was a huge success, which ensured the viability of the so-called "Mondo film" genre, a cycle of "shockumentaries"- documentaries featuring sensational topics. The film encountered criticism and praise due to its controversial content, but is nevertheless considered to be a very important film in the history of documentary filmmaking. Historical events depicted The film includes footage of the civil war in Congo, the final days of colonial rule in Kenya, revolutions in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Uncle Tom
''Goodbye Uncle Tom'' ( it, Addio Zio Tom) is a 1971 Italian Mondo film, Mondo docudrama co-directed and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani. The film is List of films based on actual events, based on true events in which the filmmakers explore antebellum America, using period documents to examine in graphic detail the racist ideology and degrading conditions faced by African people, Africans under Slavery in the United States, slavery. Because of the use of published documents and materials from the public record, the film labels itself a documentary, though all footage is re-staged using actors.Provocateur Gualtiero Jacopetti Dead at 91: Honoring the Man Behind the Mondo Movies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Beach
''Nightmare Beach'' (also released as ''Welcome to Spring Break'') is a 1989 slasher film directed by Umberto Lenzi and Harry Kirkpatrick, and starring Nicolas de Toth, Sarah Buxton, John Saxon, and Michael Parks. Plot Diablo, the leader of the Demons motorcycle gang, is about to be executed for the murder of a young woman. Confronting the victim's sister Gail, he proclaims his innocence and vows to return before being killed via the electric chair. A year passes, and Spring Break has come to Miami. Two football players, Skip and Ronny, are amongst the partygoers for the week-long festivities. While Spring Break is occurring, a mysterious biker appears and begins to dispatch people. The back of his bike has a lever that when pulled (combined with a button pushed by the biker) causes the victim to undergo a treatment similar to the electric chair. When Ronny ends up a victim of the mysterious killer, Skip attempts to find Ronny with the help of Gail, who works as a bartender during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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