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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008
Documentary
1h 43m
Examines australian "Ozploitation" films from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the auteurs and actors who brought them to life.
Directed by:
Mark HartleyScreenwriter:
Mark HartleyNot Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008
Documentary
1h 43m
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Rated 29 Dec 2009
91
86th
YES, YES, FUCKIN YES! This doc was great! Plenty of recommendations for future movie nights. This is a loving look at overlooked filmmakers who ended up being influences on later filmmakers. However, Mr. Hartley doesn't shy away too much from the hard questions about the images of Australians in these films and if these films were "too American." There's a lot I could write about this documentary. This is definitely much different than your average clip or trailer video.
Rated 29 Dec 2009
Rated 08 Nov 2009
65
35th
The first third is too lewd for my tastes, but my new knowledge of vintage Australian horror is pleasing!
Rated 08 Nov 2009
Rated 18 Sep 2009
8
84th
Constantly had me jotting down titles of films that looked absolutely amazing. A loving look at B-movies. I can't wait to check out "Patrick", "Long Weekend", "Razorback" and all the other promising genre flicks mentioned here. Props for unadultered, unashamed love for the B-movie.
Rated 18 Sep 2009
Rated 15 Feb 2009
78
72nd
As an Australian who is not into trashy movies I have mostly avoided these films and the cringe they would illicit. Being presented here with such affection and flair softens my views enough to check some out. The interviews are fun, the music rules and the 'she'll be right' attitude of early productions is classic.
Rated 15 Feb 2009
Rated 20 Oct 2008
70
42nd
The film moves fast - it cuts from commentator to commentator and from clip to clip so quickly I felt my head spinning. Aside from that, it's an honest and humorous look at some wild films. I kind of wish it moved a bit slower so I could have a better understanding of certain people and concepts, but I understand the desire to keep it dynamic and interesting. I definitely want to check out a lot of the films featured in it, though. The opening credits are spectacular.
Rated 20 Oct 2008
Rated 10 May 2015
70
59th
That one guy REALLY doesn't like "Picnic at Hanging Rock". And that other guy really doesn't like anything at all. Fortunately all the others really seem to like most of what they did except when they don't, and probably for good reason. I know my list of Australian movies to watch grew by a fair bit.
Rated 10 May 2015
Rated 18 Jul 2014
88
97th
An insight into the forgotten world of blood, bikers and boobs from Down Under. The directors, actors and those influenced like Quinton Tarantino, Greg McLean, James Wan and Leigh Whannell share the stories of a fledgling film industry that embraced a Guerrilla style of genre film-making. An absolute must watch for anybody who thinks they're an expert on cult/trash cinema.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
Rated 01 Sep 2011
80
77th
John Holmes had a big ol' dick, thanks documentary about the Australian exploitation film industry for informing me about that. This is basically just a clipshow of boobs , explosions, Quentin Tarantino talking about jerking off to Mad Max and more boobs.
Rated 01 Sep 2011
Rated 26 Jul 2010
80
65th
Hartley's thoroughness is admirable, pulling together a slew of clips and talking head interviews with many of the central figures behind the freaky features. The film is a little scattershot, piling on clips with only glancing context. It winds up playing as a wild greatest hits collection, which is, admittedly, pretty fun in its own right. Certainly, watching this grab bag seems a better way to experience the films than actually sitting through any of them.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
Rated 04 Dec 2009
80
62nd
A friend aptly stated that this is- and I paraphrase- "all the fun parts of exploitation, but without all of the filler in-between". That's as good a summation as any of a film that barrels between the bawdy and the bloody, interspersing clips of Australian exploitation with interviews in which key players recount all of the fun stories surrounding those flicks. It's a lot of fun, especially for anybody interested in that less pretentious side of movie-making.
Rated 04 Dec 2009
Rated 02 Feb 2023
67
87th
Entertaining documentary about the Australian genre cinema. I didn't remember how many there are, and the film does a good job at covering majority of them with good quality clips. They also have a lot of interviewees from various areas of the industry. My biggest gripes are that some of the key films are covered pretty superficially and some of the interviewees are clearly playing heightened roles of themselves to make it more entertaining - which is unnecessary.
Rated 02 Feb 2023
Rated 24 Apr 2022
70
41st
The pacing is a little too hyperactive for my taste, but it does settle down eventually and gets pretty interesting. I have zero interest in most of these movies, but the stories of their production are fun to hear about.
Rated 24 Apr 2022
Rated 21 Feb 2022
35
63rd
Rated 02 Jul 2016
70
48th
Fun, informative and generally well edited lesson on not that well known genre history.
Rated 02 Jul 2016
Rated 18 Jul 2014
50
26th
Why do Australian's neglect their own cultural history? This film never comes close to answering that fundamental question because it's too concerned with telling us that something 'wild' and 'unprecedented' happened while engaging in revisionist mythology about the supposedly 'great' genre industry of time's past.
Tarantino's presence validates a lot of junk that otherwise would have been consigned to its rightful place: the dustbin of history.
Great advertisement for Madman dvd's though
Rated 18 Jul 2014
Rated 06 Jul 2013
92
94th
A mad look at the Ozploitation films made at a time when Australia was trying to prove its films were only artsy, with insightful commentary from those that made them and contagious enthusiasm from their fans (like man-child Tarantino). Most of the films shown look rubbish, but they've taken all the best bits out of them and stuck them in this doco. Grouse! Also, this film proves, despite the accent, just how damn attractive Australian women are, for some even in their 50s.
Rated 06 Jul 2013
Rated 21 Dec 2011
70
44th
A fun documentary, which clearly comes across, but one without substance and a more "highlight reel" sort of feel to it. I didnt find that too annoying, but actually found myself thinking that I'd be better off watching some of these movies rather than a documentary singing their praises with snippets and clips and not much else.
Rated 21 Dec 2011
Rated 04 Oct 2011
80
81st
A fun and energetic look into a specific genre of film I knew little about, and left me with quite a list of titles I need to see once it was done. Mission accomplished. I especially loved the looks into the gung-ho, on the fly filmmaking from the earlier years.
Rated 04 Oct 2011
Rated 01 Sep 2011
60
35th
They did manage to get interviews with just about everyone, which was cool. But there's not much there as far as content. Most of it is just a re-telling of plot synopses with no real connection or flow.
Rated 01 Sep 2011
Rated 09 Mar 2011
56
12th
I don't give a damn about exploitation films. So 100 minutes of people waxing rhapsodic about movies that I most likely would hate isn't that fun for me. There are a few good anecdotes, and there was a small handful of movies I might want to check out but for the most part I couldn't care less. The doc failed to get me excited about its subject, and is probably appeals mostly to the already converted. I also found the editing annoyingly rapid at times, although some of the graphics were clever.
Rated 09 Mar 2011
Rated 13 Nov 2010
25
61st
"Its shallowness is nonetheless in tune with its subject: the gory, violent, sex-crazed Australian exploitation films of the '70s and '80s." - Nick Schager
Rated 13 Nov 2010
Rated 02 Jul 2010
64
45th
excellent documentary, i learned so much! aussies are crazy!!!!
Rated 02 Jul 2010
Rated 16 Jun 2010
85
76th
Sort of like the documentary Z Channel in that even if you don't find the presentation itself interesting, you'll still be left with a killer group of films to look into.
Rated 16 Jun 2010
Rated 21 Feb 2010
4
83rd
Wonderful documentary! I've been jonesin' for a good "movie about the movies" for awhile, and this totally delivered. My curiosity about Ozploitation genre cinema has gone from "nonexistent" to "piqued" overnight. In fact, my Netflix queue has more than doubled in size. I'm screening "Patrick" tonight!
Rated 21 Feb 2010
Rated 17 Feb 2010
65
40th
I liked the idea of 'Not Quite Hollywood'. When I read the synopsis. It promised an examination of Ozploitation films and the folks who made them. Instead, you get a lot of "remember when". They insist we should love their work, yet barely explain, let alone examine, why these movies were made or successful at all. They do a little, but not enough to justify the love they share over the films. I wasn't around for these flicks, so the nostalgia was completely lost on me and this doc hinges on it.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
Rated 06 Dec 2009
86
81st
This documentary starts strong and never let's up. I knew very little about Aussie films other than The Mad Max films, Breaker Morant, and a few others. Not Quite Hollywood informs and entertains simultaneosly. I only wish it was easier to get my hands on copies of the films discussed. If you don't mind extreme gore, profane and vile language, and frequent nudity check NQH out!
Rated 06 Dec 2009
Rated 20 Nov 2009
70
82nd
Decent documentary with some interesting stories about the making of austrialian "Ozploitation" films.It could have been a bit more detailed but a good watch.
Rated 20 Nov 2009
Rated 17 Nov 2009
70
76th
Didn't have any clue about the mentioned movies. Some I really like to see. Edit: I started a collection with the same name.
Rated 17 Nov 2009
Rated 02 Aug 2009
90
67th
Fun and entertaining and certainly piled up my must-see list for the near future. Sometimes it's too dynamic for its own good, but that's minor nitpick.
Rated 02 Aug 2009
Rated 13 Apr 2009
5
93rd
"As important as any history of "legitimate" Australian cinema - and 10 times the fun - it's a shot to the heart for anyone who thought Down Under was only capable of dreary, culturally relevant filmmaking."
Rated 13 Apr 2009
Rated 07 Apr 2009
1
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Rated 07 Apr 2009
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