Italian Spiderman

I caught this video on YouTube sometime ago and thought it was just some odd parody of Spiderman. I ran across it again today and found out there's a whole series of 10 episodes that follow. And they're pretty great (though the director admits you either love it or hate it). The trailer was shot on 16mm for a university project in Adelaide, Australia. It's popularity led the cast and crew to shoot an additional 37 minutes of material with financial assistance from the South Australian Film Corp. There's a whole backstory behind the Italian Spiderman film's origins involving an Italian orange grower company named Alrugo which also produced films. It's zany, you can try to make sense of it all via the links below.
Trailer:

Episode 1:

Episode 2:


Episode 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 [links open in new windows]

Director: Dario Russo
YouTube Channel
Official Site
Alrugo Blog