L'amore primitivo (1964)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Luigi Scattini

Writers:

Massimo Pupillo (story)
Luigi Scattini (commentary)

Release Date:

January 1967 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's the wildest, maddest, sexiest film of the year!

Plot Keywords:

Exploitation | Fake Documentary | Mondo

Cast

Jayne Mansfield	...	Dr. Jane
Franco Franchi	...	Franco, Hotel Porter
Ciccio Ingrassia	...	Ciccio, Hotel Porter
Mickey Hargitay	...	Hotel Bell Captain
Carlo Kechler
Lucia Modugno
Alfonso Sarlo
Eugenio Galadini
Riccardo Cucciolla	...	Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Primitive Love (USA)

Runtime:

USA:83 min | France:80 min | West Germany:77 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

G.L.M.

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)

Soundtrack:

Date Night

Interesting, but ruined by awful comedy

I just watched this film today, and while the scenes where they show "authentic" footage from around the world was interesting to see (if maybe not 100% accurate), the entire film was ruined by the "low-brow" Italian comedians Franco & Ciccio. Franco especially mugged and overacted to a degree that I've never seen before in my entire life; he made Jerry Lewis at his worst look like he was on horse tranquilizers in comparison. Jayne doesn't exactly do a great job of acting herself either. She comes off as her generation's version of Anna Nicole Smith. So, I wouldn't recommend getting the Something Weird DVD this appears on (along with Mondo Balardo) as Balardo isn't worth seeing, and like I said, the painful comedy ruins Primitive Love.