Second Look: "MANDINGO" (1975)
About thirty-three years ago, Paramount Pictures released an adaptation of Kyle Onscott’s 1957 novel of the Old South, ”MANDINGO”. This movie, which has developed a reputation as lurid, exploitive and racist, is considered to be one of the worst films to be released in the 1970s. Directed by Richard Fleischer, it starred Perry King, Ken Norton, James Mason, Brenda Sykes, Susan George and Ben Masters.
However, there are recent film critics who refuse to dismiss ”MANDINGO” as simply lurid trash. They contend that despite its melodramatic tone, the movie offered a portrait of the antebellum South that may have been a lot more accurate than shown in Hollywood movies before or since. I have found two articles on the movie you might find interesting:
The Film Journal: "The Eye We Cannot Shut"
NOTCOMING.COM: "Mandingo"
The Memphis Blog: “Peckerwoods, Bucks and Wenches”
SLIFR: “Mandingo”
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Also included are photos from the movie:
"MANDINGO" Photo Gallery
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