As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films, a new underground of...
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films, a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentarian Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
'Not Quite Hollywood really astounds with its eye-opening line-up of interviews with prominent actors, writers and directors of the period. Naturally, Ozploitation fanatic Tarantino pops up for a word or two. Essential viewing for genre buffs, this is an entertaining and exceptionally well-researched appreciation of a time in Aussie filmmaking that's gone unnoticed for too long, arguing that for every prestigious classic like Picnic at Hanging Rock, there is an outrageously trashy gem like Turkey Shoot waiting to be discovered.' (NZIFF)
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"An incredibly energetic and merrily messed-up celebration of Australian B-movies."
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Herald Sun
Herald Sun"Not Quite Hollywood contains as many crazy characters and improbable events as its recent fictional counterparts, except that the people are real and the stories all true."
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The Age
The Age"An entertaining and bizarre guide to the movie-making wave that respectable cinema history forgot..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"An affectionate, rollicking guide to the drive-in classics of Australian filmmaking from the 1970s and '80s."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It's all very foul, and completely entertaining."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"An enlightening, pleasurable peek into one of cinema's more enticing dark corners."
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Time Out
Time Out"There is a remarkable story to be told of outlaws carving out their own slice of the industry with scant regard for decorum, personal safety or narrative coherence."
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The Times
The Times"Not Quite Hollywood may be shallow, but that shallowness is in tune with its subject."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"It’s a kicky, slightly exhausting look at a bygone era of low-rent moviemaking, whose colorful trove of film clips should delight fans of cinematic esoterica, nostalgic schlock and high octane drive-in fare."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The stories are so funny and engrossing that you don’t mind that the film often seems like an extended DVD feature..."
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New York Post
New York Post"A vividly illustrated catalogue of astonishing smut."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"The clips burn throughout this film with a tone as giddy as its subject."
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Film Threat
Film ThreatNot Quite Hollywood | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 103
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Australia
