The Godfathers of Mondo

00:00:26 Can a reporter be objective, be it in film or in print?

00:03:58 When Blasetti asked me if I would do WORLD BY NIGHT

00:07:55 And what I witnessed always surprised me and caught me unaware.

00:11:20 there needs to be a contrast of images.

00:14:30 and it was immediately clear that there was a good feeling between us

00:17:26 still played at wedding ceremonies today.

00:21:26 Anyway, we didn't want to waste the footage

00:26:24 Stuff that I never filmed.

00:29:40 I had a background as a naturalist.

00:32:58 We just wanted to discuss the subject of women

00:36:58 That is

00:40:06 Suddenly the situation in East Africa became explosive, so we moved there.

00:44:07 When I was back in Italy, I saw the footage of AFRICAADDIO.

00:48:33 They tied our hands, and called in a firing squad.

00:51:56 like the one with the terrorist, ''Gancha.''

00:56:09 mostly againstJacopetti

00:59:13 No, Africa is not ready for this independence.

01:02:08 always fighting to no avail. There was no point.

01:06:05 To see it castrated, and insulted.

01:09:41 So you would see the English poet Thackeray

01:13:32 ''Attention, what you are about to see is the viewpoint of men of those times.

01:18:47 So, a film that was made to respond to all accusations of racism

01:23:12 WithJacopetti and Prosperi there was precise research.

01:27:57 It's not true that everything has been done already.