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Sweet & Savage: The World Through the Shockumentary Film Lens (2006) is a book on the shockumentary genre by Mark Goodall published by Headpress.

Blurb:

The first ever English-language title devoted,exclusively to the shocking, controversial and,influential mondo documentary film cycle, this is,a one-of-a-kind book. Mondo Cane in 1962 was the,blueprint for a new breed of documentary film,cycle. Collectively known as ""mondo films"", or,""shockumentaries"", this enduring series of films,was a powerful precursor to the reality TV shows,so prevalent today. A study of Mondo as a global,phenomenon, Sweet & Savage includes a detailed,examination of the key films and exclusive,interviews with the godfathers of this cult genre.

Table of contents

1. "See the world in the raw" Mondo As Document
2. "Every scene looks you in the eye—and spits" Mondo & Shock Cinema
3. "He used a camera like most men use a woman" Voyeurism And Sexuality In The Mondo Film
4. "Sensational shock scenes "Anti-Narrative In Mondo
5. "Every incredible scene is real!" The Frame Of Mondo
6. "A slow-motion hymn to killing" Animals In Mondo Film
7. "Unspeakable cults, erotic rites" Mondo Magic And Ritual
8. Acknowledgements
9. Foreword by Jeremy Dyson
10. Introduction The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
11. An Exhibition of Atrocities J.G. Ballard on Mondo Films
12. Appendix I "bittersweet symphonies of death"
13. The Mondo Soundtrack
14. Appendix II Considerations
15. on the Mondo Film by Gualtiero Jacopetti
16. Bibliography
17. Filmography

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