Mondo Cane
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- Yves Klein suffered his first heart attack whilst watching the film Mondo Cane at the Cannes film festival, 11 May 1962; two more followed, the second of which killed him on 6th June 1962.
Mondo Cane (A Dog's World, also a mild Italian curse) is a semi-documentary movie made in 1962 by Italian filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi. The film consists of a series of travelogue-vignettes providing glimpses into strange cultures and practices throughout the world, most memorably a look at a practising South Pacific cargo cult. Mondo Cane's shock-exploitation-documentary style was the inspiration for numerous imitations, including Shocking Asia and the Faces of Death series of movies.
The movie's theme song, "More", was written by Riz Ortolani & Nino Oliviero and was translated into the English language by Norman Newell. In 1963, the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song and was recorded by Roy Orbison on his 1969 album, Roy Orbison's Many Moods.
The film started a fad known as "Mondo films".
