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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Savage Eye (1960) Ben Maddow & Sidney Meyers & Joseph Strick

The Savage Eye (1960)

Genre: Mondo | Docu-drama
Director: Ben Maddow & Sidney Meyers & Joseph Strick
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: French (.srt file)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Length: 67mn
File: Dvdrip Avi - 640x480 - 23fps - 800mb

Description:
This drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows Judith - a newly divorced woman looking for a fresh start - through the streets of Los Angeles as she encounters the strange denizens of the city, ranging from trendsetters to religious fanatics. All the tawdry and desperate faces of this world become a mirror for Judith's personal failures and struggles to claim her new life.

An amazing roller-coaster ride through the full range of human emotions, THE SAVAGE EYE is just as remarkable today as when it was first made, and the title is so apt and pertinent. Didactic and profound, it comes across almost as a warning or an alert to human society showing us the high price paid by our psyches for the "joys" of civilisation. The things we really need we ignore and despise, and instead pursue an empty materialism that leaves our "souls" impoverished and starved; not because we choose to do so, but because we mindlessly drift along with whatever the dominant ideology of the day tells us we should want. Brilliantly assembled and conceived, it is one of those films that once seen will linger deep in your subconscious forever.

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054270/