What's new? an old documentary. - General Tiki

MN Mr. NoNaMe Member Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 1919	MN Mr. NoNaMe Posted posted on Wed, Dec 6, 2006 8:11 PM Since Tower Records is almost GONE and I a consumer I bought lots of stuff. I picked up several DVDs hoping for tikiness. I found "GOW the Killer...A Voyage to the Heart of Darkness." Pretty campy name. I seriously doubt it is the original name. It is a 1928 doc about all (or about all) of the South Pacific islands. Some names just learned tonight. It is in, duh, black & white. Narration is good. Not terribly demeaning (for 1928). People making the film were, of course, trading for tapa clothes and war clubs. I learned lots about the Marquesans, Samoans, Fijians. The main selling point of the DVD is..."Fierce Head-Hunting Cannibal Tribes!" and "Macabre Rituals of Sex and Death!" Howver, there wasn't really that much of that. Just good documentation for 1928. The DVD is at https://tikicentral.com/uploads/4734/4577951a.jpg. I think I paid $3 or $4 at Tower. [ Edited by: Mr. NoNaMe 2006-12-06 20:14 ]

Since Tower Records is almost GONE and I a consumer I bought lots of stuff.

I picked up several DVDs hoping for tikiness. I found "GOW the Killer...A Voyage to the Heart of Darkness." Pretty campy name. I seriously doubt it is the original name. It is a 1928 doc about all (or about all) of the South Pacific islands. Some names just learned tonight.
It is in, duh, black & white. Narration is good. Not terribly demeaning (for 1928). People making the film were, of course, trading for tapa clothes and war clubs.

I learned lots about the Marquesans, Samoans, Fijians.
The main selling point of the DVD is..."Fierce Head-Hunting Cannibal Tribes!" and "Macabre Rituals of Sex and Death!" Howver, there wasn't really that much of that. Just good documentation for 1928.
The DVD is at https://tikicentral.com/uploads/4734/4577951a.jpg. I think I paid $3 or $4 at Tower.

[ Edited by: Mr. NoNaMe 2006-12-06 20:14 ]

Post #270892 by Mr. NoNaMe on Wed, Dec 6, 2006 8:11 PM