Mondo Hollywood

5.3 / 10

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Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the future was tangible and life was worth living on the fringe. An interior monologue narrative approach is used throughout the film, where each principal person shown not only decided on what they wanted to be filmed doing, but also narrated their own scenes. The film opens with Gypsy Boots (the original hippie vegan - desert hopping blender salesman), and stripper Jennie Lee, working out 'Watusi-style' beneath the 'Hollywood' sign -- leading into the 'sustainable community' insight of Lewis Beach Marvin III, the S&H Green Stamp heir, who lived in a $10 a month garage while owning a mountain retreat in Malibu.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Robert Carl Cohen

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Company:

Omega-Cyrano Productions,

Emerson Film Enterprises

Cast:
Vito Paulekas

Carl Franzoni

Gypsy Boots

Ram Dass

Frank Zappa

Crew:
Robert Carl Cohen

Director

Robert Carl Cohen

Editor

Arthur N. Gilbert

Executive Producer

Robert Carl Cohen

Cinematography

Davie Allan

Music