Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

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Wayne K As a person who spent 2 years living in Australia, I’m always happy to see documentaries and exposes which examine and reveal its incredible culture to the wider world, and as a film fan, learning about the history of cinema and all it’s permutations has always appealed to me. So Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation is pretty much a perfect marriage in my eyes. I recently became fascinated by Ozploitation flicks after covering a few of them on a podcast, and so it made sense to actually check the documentary out to see why this seedy little cinematic subculture is so legendary. Cramming in more T & A than your typical late night skin flick and more blood and gore than a Hershell Gordon Lewis marathon, it covers the history of the subgenre, right up to modern times, and while it’s mostly a celebration of the films and those who made them, its not a hagiography. We hear plenty of comments from people who didn’t enjoy the films or had a bad time making them. Theres a real sense of balance throughout, and little is done to gloss over just how cheap and clunky many of the movies were. In fact, this is celebrated as an example of ad hoc, derring-do filmmaking, where people with little money and basically no resources were able to cobble to together films that audiences loved, that packed out drive-in theatres and drove snobby critics and establishment types crazy. It’s not so much an in-depth look at a few of the most significant exploitation films as it is a whistle stop tour of many of the most infamous and successful. It’s rare that a documentary is paced like this, and as a result it can sometimes be hard to understand what some of the interviewees are saying. It is great seeing some like Quentin Tarantino geeking out over the films that he grew up watching, extolling the virtues of movies that most people either haven’t seen or would have no interest in watching. It gave me a whole bunch of movies to add to my watch later list, and an extra level of appreciation for the mad men and women who worked so hard to establish their careers in films that brought them little critical acclaim, but a whole lotta fans. Ozploitation, may your spirit never die! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/18/24 Full Review Bahad j There is one thing about this movie that cannot be missed. I can see that it worked really well on the small details. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Audience Member A movie touching on the subject of exploitation movies and the world of Hollywood Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Munkhchimeg T Movie about the movies 🤭🤭. Liked the colour, style and country vibe. Good movie 👍 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Geke g Very underrated directing skill. Nice movie. Recommended. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review michael d Some entertaining stories for sure but overall kinda meh. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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