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Mondo Cane
1962 · Film · documentary · 105 min
Directed by Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.
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IMO the article makes some pretty convincing points. The things described by Feynman appear in "Mondo Cane", but there seem to be no other sources. What do you make of that? Fun fact: the Wikipedia article on cargo cults cites the movie for the airport ritual, together with a "better source needed" disclaimer :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult#Postwar_developments
I was particularly struck by the passing reference to the (unknown to me) International Klein Blue, a color made by and then patented by Yves Klein, a pure blue pigment suspended in clear resin, a color that cannot be experienced on a screen or page, but only by seeing the real thing. An experience that you have to HAVE in person, that cannot be approximated online.
A bit of google and wiki later, I read the surreal ending to his life: "[Klein] suffered a first heart attack whilst watching the film Mondo Cane at the Cannes Film Festival[...] Two more heart attacks followed, the second of which killed him on 6 June 1962. His son, Yves, was born a few months later in Nice...[His son] grew up to study architecture, design, cybernetics theory of systems, and Fine Arts sculpture. He went on to create robotized sculptures."
One thing leads to another and before I know it I have read a series of things that together induced the sensation of having experienced a moving art installation.