Synopsis
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker 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.
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Cast
- Phillip AdamsSelf
- Glory AnnenSelf
- Christine AmorSelf
- Victoria AnouxSelf
- Briony BehetsSelf
- Steve BisleySelf
- Jamie BlanksSelf
- Graeme BlundellSelf
- Russell BoydSelf
- Richard BrennanSelf
Recommendations
- 88
New York Post
You might not want to watch all of "The ABC of Love and Sex Australian Style," "Turkey Shoot" or "The True Story of Eskimo Nell," but the clips on view in "Not Quite Hollywood" are a hoot. - 83
The A.V. Club
Think of Not Quite Hollywood as a vividly illustrated catalogue of astonishing smut. - 80
Film Threat
Plays like a fever dream that won't quit until you lose consciousness or your lunch, whichever goes first. - 80
Variety
Aussie genre pics of the 1970s and '80s get a rip-roaring salute in Not Quite Hollywood, complete with endorsement by Quentin Tarantino as chief onscreen fanboy. - 80
Village Voice
The rise of video and the death of the drive-ins would eventually bring the curtain down on the Aussie schlock industry, but for two glorious hours, Not Quite Hollywood returns us to a time when the price of admission was cheap and the thrills even cheaper. - 80
Wall Street Journal
A survey of the week wouldn't be complete without a left-handed salute--not to be confused with a backhanded compliment--to the gleeful rubbish of Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! - 80
Los Angeles Times
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. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Beyond mere titillation -- and some good-natured laughs at the expense of genre cliches -- Not Quite Hollywood has a sociological edge.
