Wow, here's a bizarro exploitation classic from 1959
that poses as a classy "art house" film. Great fun and quite laughable today,
the movie's poster states it was filmed by 17 different cameramen -- which is
probably true because much of the film is stock and archive footage. Shot in
India, Africa, Bali and New Guinea, it features all kinds of primitive mating
rituals -- even though today this movie would probably get just a PG
rating. The numerous topless scenes are about as racy as looking at a vintage
National Geographic magazine! Hysterical highlights of the movie are "The Dance
of the Fertility Tree" and "The Peek-A-Boo Betrothal".
All this wonderful footage is framed by an artsy animated opening sequence with a vocal provided by some anonymous lounge singer. To hear this poor fellow croon the title song ("Oooh -- The Mating Urge") is worth the price of admission. A perfect double feature with our other shock-umentary KARAMOJA.
All this wonderful footage is framed by an artsy animated opening sequence with a vocal provided by some anonymous lounge singer. To hear this poor fellow croon the title song ("Oooh -- The Mating Urge") is worth the price of admission. A perfect double feature with our other shock-umentary KARAMOJA.
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