#4 - Not Quite Hollywood (2008) Review

Not Quite Hollywood (2008), Mark Hartley

4/5

This is a brilliant documentary about the renaissance of Australian Exploitation cinema during the 70s and 80s. The film features countless clips from obscure and cult films and is particularly hilarious. Interviews mainly featured are of Australian directors, actors and producers of Ozploitation films, but Quentin Tarantino also features as he is a fan (or fanatic) of exploitation cinema and his passion speaks to his love of Australian exploitation cinema in particular. This documentary captures a sense of the joy, absurdity and gratuity that is the genre flick. Although the film tends to drag a little at the end, becoming more a focus on clip after clip from more films, and less about a cinematic subculture. However there are really interesting clips and interviews about the aspects of not only the film genres themselves, but the affect and counter affect of Ozploitation and Australian culture or the "Australian Identity" during the 70s and 80s. Above all this film is hilarious and a treat for fans of exploitation cinema.