Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Excellent documentary from Mark Hartley takes a look at the Australian film industry with 99% of the detail devoted to the exploitation films that made enough money to where more "serious" filmmakers could have a career. The horrible thing about being a film buff is that you're constantly looking for new subjects to explore and if you're a fan of film like I am then it's highly recommended that you keep a pen and paper handy because this documentary is going to offer up dozens of recommendations. Of course, this is one of those documentaries that are so fun that it makes the films it's discussing seem more interesting but that's really not the point. The point of this documentary was to shine a spotlight on the cinema and I think it was a real home run. We start off taking a look at the early days of censorship and how the walls were broke down, which allowed all sorts of sleaze to enter the pictures. We start off taking a look at how nudity and sex because a booming business and then we see the slasher and horror pictures. From here we see the kung-fu and action pictures. Fans like Quentin Taratino are interviewed about their favorite scenes in various films and we also see the inspiration PATRICK had on his KILL BILL VOL. 1. We also hear from Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis and countless other people including many directly involved with a number of the productions that we see clips from.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Excellent documentary from Mark Hartley takes a look at the Australian film industry with 99% of the detail devoted to the exploitation films that made enough money to where more "serious" filmmakers could have a career. The horrible thing about being a film buff is that you're constantly looking for new subjects to explore and if you're a fan of film like I am then it's highly recommended that you keep a pen and paper handy because this documentary is going to offer up dozens of recommendations. Of course, this is one of those documentaries that are so fun that it makes the films it's discussing seem more interesting but that's really not the point. The point of this documentary was to shine a spotlight on the cinema and I think it was a real home run. We start off taking a look at the early days of censorship and how the walls were broke down, which allowed all sorts of sleaze to enter the pictures. We start off taking a look at how nudity and sex because a booming business and then we see the slasher and horror pictures. From here we see the kung-fu and action pictures. Fans like Quentin Taratino are interviewed about their favorite scenes in various films and we also see the inspiration PATRICK had on his KILL BILL VOL. 1. We also hear from Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis and countless other people including many directly involved with a number of the productions that we see clips from.