Many mondo films are made in a way to resemble a pseudodocumentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations. Heavens gate to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Svezia, inferno e paradiso is an italian mondo film from 1968 directed by luigi scattini. Some enterprising wack italian has pulled together all 27 cues of umilanis. A narrated pseudodocumentary about sexuality in sweden. I was pleasantly shocked that this was a good quality print of the italian. The muppets mah na mah na song originated in a 1968 italian mondo. The muppets mah na mah na song originated in a 1968 italian.
Heaven and hell 1969 luigi scattini on allmovie complete with narration from the italian. The reason for that was that luigi scattini filmed this movie in sweden and without. Eugenie the story of her journey into perversion 1969 dvd. Complete with narration from the italian perspective, this italian color documentary examines the cultural, sexual and nighttime behavior of the swedish people. It also examines sweden s purported drug, drinking and suicide problems. How a ditty from a softcore italian movie became the muppets catchiest tune.
Common traits of mondo films include portrayals of foreign cultures which have drawn accusations of ethnocentrism or racism, an emphasis on taboo subjects such as death and sex, and staged. A mondo film directed by luigi scattini narrated by edmund purdom pieces, ator, the fighting eagle that features loads of nudity and lots of. Sweden, heaven and hell svezia, inferno e paradiso. Umilianis music is able to emphasize the different moods of the movie. Buy sweden, heaven and hell svezia, inferno e paradiso from amazons movies store. With edmund purdom, enrico maria salerno, jean topart, marie liljedahl. The english language print was narrated by british actor edmund purdom the film which is made up of nine segments focuses on different aspects of sexuality in sweden such as lesbian nightclubs, porn films, the swinging lifestyle of married couples and the sex education. Mah na mah na first gained popularity in englishspeaking countries from its. This photograph originates from a press photo archive. Heaven and hell follows the same pattern as other mondo films, you know, pseudodocumentary this movie has a lot of faked scenes, the filmmakers go into an exotic place to film all the wild happenings there, and here its particularly amusing seeing the italian catholics judge the swedes for having sex education class the horror. Hiep thi le and joan chen right in between heaven and hell. A mondo film is a subgenre of exploitation films and documentary films.
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