tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post4389547765795290866..comments2024-03-28T16:47:27.333-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: KONGO -The ultra lurid 1932 saga of jungle sin!Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-48180900197459314052011-07-23T11:30:13.397-05:002011-07-23T11:30:13.397-05:00And good lord -- I was just looking around the web...And good lord -- I was just looking around the web, only to discover that Kongo was officially released as part of Warner Bros Archive series a few months ago! <br /><br />http://www.wbshop.com/Kongo-wSpecial-Feature-Untamed-Africa/1000207545,default,pd.html?cgid=ARCHIVENEWJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-59728451897638325482011-07-23T11:25:47.800-05:002011-07-23T11:25:47.800-05:00Just wanted to step in and say I agree with everyt...Just wanted to step in and say I agree with everything here -- I rewatched Kongo and again couldn't believe my eyes. And I especially coulnd't believe that TCM rated it "TV-PG!" What the hell! <br /><br />You're right about a lot less stock footage in this one, but it sounds to me like MGM did re-use the "native chanting" from Tarzan for the "death drums" song.<br /><br />And just like the last time I watched this, I can't stop wondering -- did they cut out Lupe's tongue after all? Notice how she never speaks again in the movie. Man this film is creepy in what it doesn't show.<br /><br />Lastly, have you seen Josef von Sterberg's 1941 film "Shanghai Gesture?" It's almost a loose remake of Kongo, and also features Walter Huston, but in "Gesture" he plays the one who is being plotted against, the one who is being set up for diabolical payback.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-46438394730276237812011-04-07T08:48:37.457-05:002011-04-07T08:48:37.457-05:00Right? Jesus Christ! I caught the 1932 Tarzan on T...Right? Jesus Christ! I caught the 1932 Tarzan on TCM recently too and realized I'd forgotten how grisly and disturbing the big gorilla pit + 'pygmy vs. elephant' assault is at the end! <br /><br />Then you have other stuff like Island of Lost Souls, East of Borneo, even King Kong, there was definitely some racist/xenophobic hostility at work.Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-49007772214907568902011-04-06T18:56:48.972-05:002011-04-06T18:56:48.972-05:00Had the day off and saw it this afternoon. Wow! Th...Had the day off and saw it this afternoon. Wow! These African horror films really tell us more about us back then than they do about Africa. I got the same vibe from Kongo that I did from the crazed torture scenes from Tarzan the Ape Man. In more than one way this stuff is more horrific than the official horror films.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com