tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post672274703938961617..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: BOCCACCIO '70 (1962)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-17235090037038496542009-08-07T23:51:53.197-04:002009-08-07T23:51:53.197-04:00Rev., the Italian film industry was nearing critic...Rev., the Italian film industry was nearing critical mass by 1962, even though a lot of the output was still Hercules movies. Like the U.S. and Japan, Italy could hit you high and low, especially later in the decade and into the Seventies.<br /><br />John: the portmanteau gimmick goes back pretty far, and the multi-director bit goes back at least as far as the American comedy <i>If I Had a Million.</i> The Amicus studio made the anthology film practically its house genre in the Sixties and Seventies, but nowadays films like <i>Trapped Ashes</i> are more exceptional than they used to be.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-17163137469675544292009-08-06T11:12:06.550-04:002009-08-06T11:12:06.550-04:00Samuel- I have this one in my collection but it is...Samuel- I have this one in my collection but it is one of those I still have not gotten around to watching. In those days Italy made quite a few of these three-four short story films. Others are "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" and "Gold of Naples"Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-61351382350067962592009-08-04T15:10:20.469-04:002009-08-04T15:10:20.469-04:00I've only read about this film, but have not y...I've only read about this film, but have not yet had the chance to see it. Your screen grabs are just amazing looking. I'll admit that I've not seen many Italian films from the early 60's and prior, beyond the Hercules movies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208109184435483950noreply@blogger.com