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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
All time favorite and maybe I know one of its inspirations now
Just stumbled upon the 1954 quasi-documentary Lady and the Bull (no not Lady and the Bullfighter from the same year). I wish I could ask director Jamie Uys if he saw this short before he made Gods because it seems like the prototypical reference of the gently narrated, crudely shot, blatantly overdubbed, stranger-in-a-strange-yet-charming-land saga that he is affectionately spoofing.
On the other hand I know that S.Africa tried to keep out cultural influences from the outside world in those days so maybe he couldn't possibly have seen a Hollywood movie....
Beauty and the Bull (1954)
Now I know what inspired "The Gods Must Be Crazy"
Dwarol you must have stumbled onto the same cable classic movie showing as I did last night! I can see why other reviewers assumed this was fiction because her obsession seems beyond reality.
The Gods Must Be Crazy has always been one of my favorites -- love the way the makers affectionately spoofed the look & feel of gentle 50s documentaries set in strange yet charming foreign cultures. Now I suspect I know what specific one they used as their core reference!