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Riz Ortolani

Brutes And Savages
LP Green $30

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  • Expanded vinyl edition of one of the titles most requested by maestro Ortolani’s fans: the bizarre 1978 mondo movie BRUTES AND SAVAGES
  • LP on Green vinyl
  • Mastered by Chris Malone from the original master tapes provided by the Ortolani estate

Description

Quartet Records, in collaboration with the Riz Ortolani estate, presents the expanded vinyl edition of one of the titles most requested by maestro Ortolani’s fans: the bizarre 1978 mondo movie BRUTES AND SAVAGES (aka SAVANA SELVAGGIA).

Written by Jenny Craven and directed by Arthur Davis, this belongs to the select group of mondos that became notorious not for their shocking content, but for their lack of understanding of the genre. Surviving in two different cuts (92 mins and 107 mins), BRUTES AND SAVAGES focuses on mostly Latin American customs from local natives who do unspeakable things to animals.

The single most entertaining feature of BRUTES AND SAVAGES is its music by Riz Ortolani, the “de facto” mondo master who was the key musical figure of the genre since its conception in MONDO CANE and its Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated song, “More.” Ortolani scored countless mondos from AFRICA...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Brutes And Savages Overture
  • 2 The World Is Mine
  • 3 Festival Dance Of The Llama Sacrifice
  • 4 Making Out
  • 5 Brutes And Savages Suspence
  • 6 Eden Disturbed
  • 7 Courtship Of The Chief’s Daughter
  • 8 Rhythm Of The Bolivian Stone Fight
  • 9 Song Of The Sad Guitar
  • 10 Copulation Blues From The Llama Mating Orgy
  • 11 Dance Of The Virgins
  • 12 Brutes And Savages Reprise