NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION
by Mark Hartley Australia 2008 35 mm 102 min. OV
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD is the wild, wonderful, untold story of "Ozploitation" films.
It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor action. Free-wheeling sex romps! Blood-soaked terror tales! They’re the main ingredients of the film, the first detailed examination and celebration of Australian genre cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. In 1971, with the introduction of the R-certificate, Australia’s censorship regime went from repressive to progressive virtually overnight.
Full of outrageous anecdotes, a large cast of local and International names and a genuine, infectious love of Australian movies, NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD is a fast-moving journey through an unjustly forgotten cinematic era.
