I like this one still. It could almost play on late night TV, (it actually did play on the BET network one night in the early '90's) but it still packs a bit of a punch. The shark hunting scenes later showed up on 'Shocking Asia II.' Those scenes and the Chinese hotel for the dying were really the only scenes that still shake people up today.
It deserves mention mostly for bringing documentaries to a whole new level. It's not the first shock-doc, but it's the first one to sell itself as one. The best part about it was the music. Riz Ortolani deserves a special achievement Oscar in my opinion. And he was nominated for this film.
Mondo Cane II is basically more of the same. I heard scenes from that and 'Women of the World' were basically was was left over from filming this.
It deserves mention mostly for bringing documentaries to a whole new level. It's not the first shock-doc, but it's the first one to sell itself as one. The best part about it was the music. Riz Ortolani deserves a special achievement Oscar in my opinion. And he was nominated for this film.
Mondo Cane II is basically more of the same. I heard scenes from that and 'Women of the World' were basically was was left over from filming this.