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Flame and the Fire
Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau

Flame and the Fire

  • Documentary

The incredible but true story of the last savages!

RELEASE

1966-02-01

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LENGTH

80 min

Description

Bounding from one continent to another, from desert to jungle, this early mondo documentary examines the habits and customs of people whose lives are unaffected by the modern world. In New Guinea, director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau's crew spends time with jungle villagers who honor the deceased by preserving their corpses, and in Africa they film the resourceful people of the Kalahari. Other subjects include a Brazilian community whose male members wear lip-stretching jewelry.

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    Once again, the narrators of this mondo documentary film have captured some amazing footage of some "lost civilizations" but the narration is wrongheaded, even of the time. The filmmakers know this and probably were just cashing in on the earlier popularity of Mondo Cane.