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Orozco the Embalmer

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Orozco the Embalmer
English-language DVD cover[1]
Directed byKiyotaka Tsurisaki
Written byKiyotaka Tsurisaki
StarringFroilan Orozco
Production
companies
Orozco Productions
V&R Planning
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesColombia, Japan
LanguageSpanish

Orozco the Embalmer (Spanish: Orozco el embalsamador) is a 2001 Spanish-language Japanese-Colombian mondo film directed by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki.[2][3] It follows a Colombian embalmer named Froilan Orozco Duarte, who is shown living in El Cartucho, an impoverished and crime-ridden area of Bogotá, Colombia, where the homicide rate is high and corpses can be seen on the streets.[4][5]

The film comprises footage taken over a period of several years, documenting in a graphic cinéma vérité manner[original research?] Orozco's embalming of corpses. Orozco died during the production of the film.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Orozco the Embalmer Pre-Order – March 1st at Noon(EST)!". Massacre Video. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kerekes & Slater 2016, p. 367.
  3. ^ Bordage, Tinam (2017). Les dossiers Sadique-master Dissection du cinéma underground extrême (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2357799363.
  4. ^ Nitti, Patrizia; Strinati, Claudio M.; Temperini, Renaud; Temperini, Laetitia; Maillol, Musée (2010). C'est la vie! Vanités de Pompéï à Damien Hirst (in French). Skira Flammarion. p. 119. ISBN 978-2081237926.
  5. ^ Kerekes & Slater 2016, p. 366.

Bibliography

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  • Kerekes, David; Slater, David (2016). Killing for Culture: From Edison to ISIS: A New History of Death on Film. Headpress. ISBN 978-1909394346.
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