Naked England aka Inghilterra Nuda Screening

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Screening of Naked England aka Inghilterra Nuda , 1969 Dir Vittorio De Sisti 87min
(with a live translation of the original Italian soundtrack)

Trepanning, hard drugs, naked happenings at the Arts Lab, and a crucifixion on Hampstead Heath. It’s all in Naked England – an extreme UK-shot example of the salacious Mondo Movie pseudo-documentary phenomena, which seedily centres on the capital. Imagine an export–only Primitive London shot four years later, for overseas oglers! This nasty, nihilistic production shines a lurid light on London as seen by an Italian film crew, grubbily gazing on the Big Black Smoke as the swinging decade went past its sell-by date. Like all Mondo, it’s strikingly shot, frequently tactless, thoroughly tasteless and – be warned - extremely likely to offend. Much of it, as you’d expect, is entirely made-up. This obtuse, ideologically-suspect and exceedingly ecchy-exploitation film will be presented from a video copy with Japanese subtitles. The Italian narration will be translated live! Don't miss this rare chance to see a startlingly strange and sordid film: this bleak, bizarre eulogy for a city that might once have been, but more likely never was.

Plus also showing: a selection of seedy, sensational British Mondo trailers and the weird and wonderful, James Mason-fronted The London That Nobody Knows (1969, 45mins).

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