A Dog's Life

1962 [ITALIAN]

Documentary / Horror

3
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 4826 4.8K

culture clash shockumentary

Plot summary

A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.

Director

Gualtiero Jacopetti Photo
Gualtiero Jacopetti

Top cast

Rossano Brazzi Photo
Rossano Brazzi as Self
Stefano Sibaldi Photo
Stefano Sibaldi as Narrator
Henning Skaarup Photo
Henning Skaarup as (Danish Narrator)
Yves Klein Photo
Yves Klein as Self
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
991.35 MB
960*720
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 1
1.8 GB
1440*1080
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheVid

The source of all those drive-in Mondo potboilers of the sixties is still quite a hoot today.

As retro films go, Mondo Cane is still a refreshing take on schlock, documentary filmmaking, hilariously camp in it's motives and of more than passing interest in this age of reality TV. The setups and prurient approach that made these films popular at the time of their release is only re-reflected in the equally blatant, reality trash that has successfully been permeating TV since the turn of the new century. It's stunning just how the tastes of pop-culture audiences have changed in the last 50 years or so. A retrospective of the Mondo film genre is represented beautifully in a nicely-packaged DVD box set, which includes a terrifically interesting documentary on the two filmmakers, Jacopetti and Prosperi, who started the trend with this Italian potboiler back in 1962. MONDO CANE is not as dated as some would lead you to believe, particularly if you examine the motives behind it, and the method of it's humor and social commentary. Perhaps the most significant contribution MONDO CANE offers as a film chronicle, and undeniably the most artistic, is the Riz Ortolani/Nino Oliviero music score which includes one of the great melodies of the 20th Century, MORE. MONDO CANE is a "reality" movie sure to please even the most jaded multiplexer. Beautifully photographed and scored.
Reviewed by DVD_Connoisseur 7 / 10

Bizarre mix of the amusing, disgusting and disturbing. Still powerful after 25 years!

Watching "Mondo Cane" some 25 years after it originally shocked cinema audiences, I still found myself experiencing a variety of emotions. Despite the dated presentation (in many ways, this actually enhances the weirdness of the whole experience), the film still packs a mild punch, even to this jaded viewer.A combination of the amusing (would-be actors posing themselves for the camera and geriatric Hollywood residents working out on a variety of unusual equipment), the sad (turtles on a radioactive Bikini beach, having lost their ability to find water, head away from the sea and into the scorching sand and certain death) and the shocking (animal cruelty including bull fighting) results in a powerful cocktail.The cynical, xenophobic narrator delivers a witty commentary while the proceedings unfold on the screen.Superbly edited and scored, this is definitely a different viewing experience. A journey into bizarreville; 7 out of 10.
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