Mondo Hollywood (A Documentary, 1967)

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Counter-Culture. Enter Mondo Hollywood — the definitive underground celluloid guide to late sixties Los Angeles. As sprawling and bizarre as the city itself, the two hour documentary swings and skews, highlighting all manner of coastal freak — from the acid proselytizer to the politician, from surf culture to street culture. Directed by Robert Carl Cohen, and shot between 1966-67, this incredibly non-linear doc is a series of vignettes soundtracked by the Mugwumps and Davy Allen & the Arrows. But it’s really all about the imagery…so do what we do, mute it and project it during DJ sets. Stream it before it’s taken down.

Notable cameos include: Ram Dass, Brigitte Bardot, Frank Zappa, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alfred Hitchcock, Sonny Bono, Cher, Ronald Reagan, Jayne Mansfield, Bobby Beausoleil (of the Manson Family) and Jay Sebring (victim of the Mansons).

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  1. met gypsy boots several times as a kid growing up in sonoma. he was a fixture at our annual vintage festival parade, standing on his head as a firetruck would speed towards him sirens blaring, and throwing a football a full block length along the sonoma plaza route. to say he was a character is a severe understatement.

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