Gaultiero Jacopetti dies at 91

Filmmaker Gaultiero Jacopetti -- the guy behind documentary "Mondo Stick" and it is sequels, cult classics that collected good examples from the creepy and bizarre from all over the world -- died Wednesday in Rome. He was 91."Mondo stick" (the title means "A Dog's World") opened in the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, where it came accolades and was nominated for that Palme d'Or. Jacopetti known as the film, that they created using his collaborators Franco Prosperi and Paolo Cavara, a "shockumentary." Such exploitation documentaries (e.g., the "Faces of Dying" series) will also be now referred to as mondo films.Jacopetti used both narration and also the juxtaposition from the frequently-disturbing material -- what he known as "shock cuts" -- to attain an ironic effect. In a single scene, for instance, a parent in New Guinea, surviving within the dying of her child, was proven nursing a piglet. The following scene portrayed the slaughter of pigs within the same region for any carnal feast.The "Mondo Stick" theme song, "More," by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero, was nominated to have an Oscar.The film divided experts within the U.S. but would be a large hit worldwide, paving the way in which for sequels including "Mondo Stick 2." He also made "Women around the globe,Inch that was charged with taking advantage of women, and "Africa Addio," that he was charged with collusion with murders to get the violent footage within the film.A massive quantity of copy cats adopted in Jacopetti's actions, most of the them while using word "Mondo" within the game titles of the photos. Russ Meyer made "Mondo Topless," and John Water arrived on the scene with "Mondo Trasho." There is also "Mondo Bizarro" and "Mondo Weirdo." A few of the films with "Mondo" within the title weren't even documentaries and were simply benefiting from the recognition of Jacopetti's work. Like his copy cats, Jacopetti was accused by a number of staging the bizarre occasions portrayed in the films.In 1971 he switched his focus on antebellum South -- he and Prosperi made "Goodbye, Uncle Tom," about slavery within the U.S. The framework device: Jacopetti and Prosperi made an appearance onscreen as filmmakers who travel in time.Jacopetti was created in Barga, Italia. He would be a magazine editor along with a maker of newsreels before he switched to movies.His last film, that they authored but didn't direct, was "Fangio -- Una vita a 300 all'ora," a documentary concerning the F1 racecar driver Juan Manuel Fangio helmed by Hugh Hudson. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com