Now I love a bit of exploitation in my movies. Blaxploitation. Sexploitation. Mexploitation. Pretty much anything that was created in the Grindhouse era because, lets face it, the -sploitation sold movies. I didn't know that there was an Ozsploitation genre. I mean I knew there were Aussie movies but I really didn't know the extent, or how young, the industry over there was. Mad Max. Crocodile Dundee. Yahoo Serious. Yeah I was pretty limited.
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of OZplotation, by director Mark Hartley, is a great watch. Not just because of the amazing amount of 70's boobs we get in the first 20 minutes but because it's actually pretty good. It shows you the birth pangs, and then the explosion, of the Australian movie industry (movies like Stork, Alvin Purple, and Eliza Fraser), the awesomely bad, and some really good, horror (Patrick, Long Weekend, Roadgames and the like), the Action movies (Mad Max, Stone, and BMX Bandits), and the new blood starting it all again (Wolf Creek, Saw, Rogue). It shows you this journey in a nice visual way. By throwing lots of flashy explosion scenes, action scenes, boobs, bullets, and blood all over the screen.
With interviews with Aussie greats Tim Burstall, Rebecca Gilling, and Brian Trenchard-Smith among many others, the movie serves it's purpose. It entertains and informs. What more did can you ask for? Also Quentin Tarantino is a big part of it so if you love The Quentin, and you missed this movie, you're slipping in your old age. Get up and grab this movie. You won't be disappointed. Also if all of this fails to grasp your heart strings there's at least boobs, explosions, and more boobs in it to keep you in your seat.
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of OZsploitation
Directed by Mark Hartley
Released in 2008
Magnolia Home Entertainment, Magnet
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