Primitive London (DVD)

Description: Genre: Documentary / Theatrical Release: 1965 / Suitable for 15 years and over / Director: Arnold L. Miller / DVD ... more

Primitive London (DVD) ... released 2009-05-25 at Bfi Video / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... strands to the film. First there's the gruesome stuff. We begin with a filmed childbirth, although it carefully keeps the ... more

... camera away from the business end of things. We also get unpleasant scenes from a factory for killing chickens, and some slightly queasy footage of an operation to remove someone's corns. I'm not sure who this was aimed at, but probably an American market. This may be why we see quite a few black medical professionals (a nurse in the birth sequence, and the chiropodist). This would probably still have shocked some American audiences. Also falling into the gruesome category is a laughable recreation of one of Jack the Rip...more

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Primitive London [DVD] [1965]
Release Date: 2009 - 05 - 25, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,

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Primitive London (DVD): 'Cynically indifferent eroticism' (1301 words)
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This BFI DVD costs about £12 on amazon. A blu-ray is also available for a bit more. In the early 60s a new style of documentary appeared, usually referred to as the mondo film (named after the Italian film Mondo Cane). Exploitative and prurient, they existed as a way of getting the most lurid, gratuitous and titillating material possible past the censors. A pompous, mock-philosophical voiceover would add a bit of 'educational' gravitas, while a slushy soundtrack would add a maudlin element. Mostly the films involved going to Africa, filming animals being killed, and (the main attraction) getting some National Geographic shots of brown ladies wobbling their ... Read the complete review

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