Cultpix Radio Ep.36 - Mondo Sexy
Fresh blood in the Cultpix Radio studio as The Chilean joins Django Nudo to talk about the quantitative study what our members think of Cultpix. Overall very positive, but still room to improve and requests ranging from Roku app (coming!) to Jess Franco films (working on it).Then The Smut Peddler rises from the grave to introduce our first Mondo theme week, looking at Sexy travelogues from around the world, to be followed by Mondo Tribal this spring. These exploitation pseudo-documentaries originated in Italy - hence great music by Ortolani, Umiliani and Morricone - but soon became a label to slap onto almost any type of episodic film with nudity, gore or more.Hollywood’s World of Flesh (1963) - The US version of the Mondo genre the we covered two weeks ago in the Lee Frost theme week. Seedy underside of tinseltown 'exposed'.Women of the World / La donna nel mondo (1963) - A look at customs and rituals of women (often naked) from every corner of the world. Voice over by Peter Ustinov, who voice lends it class and distinction... even during the icky parts! Fascinating documentary featuring actual, often startling, footage from around the globe.Sexy Proibitissimo (1963) - A sort of Mondo Stripteaso with a couple of monsters inexplicably thrown in. It works its way forward from Stone Age, disrobing through historical moments and ending in space. But not before a nudie take on vampire and Dr Frankenstein. A fun, titty-filled Italian “Sexy” released in the U.S. by Bob Cresse (who also wrote the narration).Violated Paradise (1965) - Japanese travelogue, financed by Italians and directed by an exiled Russian. We follow the geisha Tamako on a seditious trawl around the fleshpots of Japan. Topless female pearl divers, bathhouse geishas, and glitzy nude Ginza cabaret. Chained Girls (1965) - Tagline: “Wild Women Who Need No Men!” It’s “A Daring Film About Lesbianism Today'. We are informed that 'Psychiatric examinations have shown that lesbians had fathers that are psychopathic, alcoholic, or tyrannical!' Mundo Depravados (1967) - Not so much a true Mondo film as much as a cash-in on the term. Instead it’s a sick nudie-whodunit with some nasty murders, a bit of old-time burlesque courtesy of titanic titted Tempest Storm. One minute it's a nudie, then a comedy, then women are getting stabbed, then it's a burlesque show. Your head will start spinning long before it's through.Rio Nudo (1969) - The swingingest, sleaziest travel video that could only be made in South America -- where life is cheap! Rio Nudo is just the ticket for anypone who wishes they could travel back in time and see what Brazil's Rio was like in the Sinful Sixties. Rapport från Stockholms sexträsk (1974) - Never screened outside Sweden, so Cultpix fittingly named it Mondo Stockholm for the international audience. A Taxi Driver-like night time crawl through the sleazy streets of Stockholm with hookers, porn shops, XXX cinemas and more. Don't forget our Mondo Spotify playlist and please rate and review us wherever you get this podcast.