MONDO BIZARRO

Mondo Bizarro delivers a provocative blend of documentary and staged scenes, masquerading as an international travelogue. The film's camera covertly peers into a lingerie shop dressing room, drops in on a Kyoto massage parlor, and sneaks behind the scenes at Frederick's of Hollywood. It showcases oddities like an Australian who eats glass and pushes nails through his skin, before jumping to Los Angeles for a taste of the local art and peace scene, Easter festivities with college students, and even a German play about Nazi sadism. With narration that adds a veneer of seriousness to the spectacle, this American 'mondo' entry blurs the line between education and exploitation, serving up a catalog of the weird, risqué, and sensational from several continents.