Fresh
This is as insightful a glimpse into a country's cinema as you're likely to see at this running time.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Not Quite Hollywood
The wild, untold story of OZploitation!
2008 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Documentary
Directed by
Mark Hartley
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's all very foul, and completely entertaining.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Not Quite Hollywood is jammed with well-preserved clips of the Aussie movies that started pushing the limits after censorship was essentially dropped in 1971.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Tarantino's enthusiasm notwithstanding, backstage gossip about movies of no importance is enough to bore even certified film geeks.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
If Not Quite Hollywood is not quite convincing, it is quite entertaining.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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