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Orozco the Embalmer

2001 Spanish-language documentary film

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]

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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

  1. [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. [2]
    Kerekes & Slater 2016, p. 367.
  3. [3]
    Bordage, Tinam (2017). Les dossiers Sadique-master Dissection du cinéma underground extrême (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2357799363.
  4. [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. [5]
    Kerekes & Slater 2016, p. 366.

Bibliography

  • 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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