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Italian documentary filmmaker Luciano Emmer established his reputation with several well-made cinematic studies of famous painters. In Paradis Terresire, Emmer goes the "expedition" route, offering viewers tantalizing glimpses of Central Africa, the Amazon, Tahiti, Indochina and Indian. Some of the footage is new, while certain scenes have been lifted from earlier non-Emmer documentaries. Typical of the era, the film offers tasteful shots of nude females, which didn't make the final cut in Italy but which remained intact in scattered American prints. The film editor for Paradis Terresire was Robert Enrico, a fine director in his own right.