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Australia
2008, 103 min

Section: Midnight Screenings: Ozploitation!
Year: 2010

This bewitching feature documentary, charting the production of Australian pulp movies, includes the reminiscences of dozens of actors, directors, and producers. Their anecdotes and juicy clips from the films in question bring together a picture of a unique creative period which reveled in nudity, action, and horror.

Synopsis

The ratings system for movie admissions came to Australia in 1971. Thus began the wild and unbelievable history of B-movie genre production oriented towards adults. The following years saw the Australian film industry revitalized by not only the internationally acclaimed Mad Max series, but also by dozens of other action films, horror flicks, ribald comedies, improper burlesque features, and exploitation movies. Peeking behind the scenes, the feature documentary Not Quite Hollywood investigates the contemporary context of productions that were spurned by the critics and specialized literature alike. Thematic chapters provide ample space for clips of the films in question, as well as for the stories of numerous actors, directors, and producers. Their reminiscences bring to life a period full of maximum creative moxie, joyful provocation, and a willingness to risk money, reputation, and their very lives for a few spectacular shots.

About the director

Mark Hartley (Australia) graduated in 1990 from the School of Film and Television at the Faculty of Design, Swinburne University. After gaining practical experience editing movies, commercials, trailers, and music videos, he began to direct his own videos, which at present number over 150. Since 2003 he has worked as a freelance director specializing in DVD bonus materials for internationally acclaimed Australian films. Thanks to his efforts, numerous Australian pulp movies have made it onto DVD. For his first feature-length title Not Quite Hollywood, he made use of his contacts with filmmakers and the information he acquired while collecting data for bonus materials. He is currently finishing up work on the documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed!, devoted to Philippine genre production of the 1970s.

Contacts

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

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Midnight Screenings: Ozploitation!

Director:	Mark Hartley
Screenplay:	Mark Hartley
Dir. of Photography:	Karl von Moller
Music:	Stephen Cummings, Billy Miller
Editor:	Jamie Blanks, Sara Edwards, Mark Hartley
Producer:	Michael Lynch, Craig Griffin
Production:	City Films Worldwide
Contact:	Magnolia Pictures

www:	www.notquitehollywood.com.au

Guests

Dori Begley

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