tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post6418011776111976120..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: MAN IN THE WILDERNESS (1971) and LAST CANNIBAL WORLD (1976)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-54805507388793645842010-03-22T11:45:56.397-04:002010-03-22T11:45:56.397-04:00venom5: Juxtaposing beautiful outdoor footage with...venom5: Juxtaposing beautiful outdoor footage with gruesome doings seems to be part of the point of both genres. Since I like Lenzi's Eaten Alive! (as a guilty pleasure, at least) I'd be willing to give Deep River a chance. As for Indians in Italian westerns, their relative absence probably also has something to do with the spaghettis' focus on gunfighters. Indians aren't exactly prominent in American gunfighter movies, either.<br /><br />Crhymethinc: The movie did not improve upon history. The real events as you describe them sound like the film I expected to see, but the movie that was made wants to renounce revenge at the end after serving up some pretty brutal violence until then. I suppose someone thought that was a profound decision, but the execution was a botch.<br /><br />Vicar: I guess there's a whole new article to be written on the global suspension genre, but I need to see more movies first!Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-40217080712199551342010-03-22T10:44:04.356-04:002010-03-22T10:44:04.356-04:00Fantastic post, Samuel! I'm not a fan of the c...Fantastic post, Samuel! I'm not a fan of the cannibal subgenre (nor of westerns, particularly), but this made for fascinating, informative reading. <br /><br />I do remember seeing A MAN CALLED HORSE at one point back in the day--it was probably my first experience with "suspension" scenes on film. Of course that device would reach its apex with Miike's ICHI THE KILLER and Coffin Joe's EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, imo. ;)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-92074547673895753542010-03-22T08:29:07.811-04:002010-03-22T08:29:07.811-04:00The "Man in the Wilderness" is actually ...The "Man in the Wilderness" is actually based (loosely) on a true story. I forget the name of the mountain man portrayed by Harris, but he was mauled by a bear and left for dead by his two companions, whom he spent a good deal of the rest of his life hunting down for leaving him with no supplies, no rifle, no equipment other than a canteen of water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-2715091262430604662010-03-21T14:09:17.107-04:002010-03-21T14:09:17.107-04:00Excellent, thought provoking post, Sam! You should...Excellent, thought provoking post, Sam! You should definitely check out Lenzi's MAN FROM THE DEEP RIVER. It's a strikingly well made movie despite the more grim sequences wrecking havoc with the more dramatic moments.<br /><br />Indians did feature into Italian westerns, mostly the earlier entries up to 1965. Some other later films featured them, too, such as the SW musical(!) RITA OF THE WEST (1967). Gordon Mitchell plays an Indian tribal leader in that one.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.com