Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (Capsule Review)

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) - Fabulously entertaining documentary showing the rise and fall of Australian exploitation cinema throughout the 1970s and 80s. We get the expected appearances by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Razorback) and George Miller (Mad Max), but it's the lesser known faces (and films)to American audiences which make the biggest impact. Brian Trenchard-Smith (director of Dead-End Drive In, BMX Bandits, and Turkey Shoot) gets a lot of attention, particularly from Quentin Tarantino who is, as one would expect, a huge fan of the genre. Features plenty of nudity (including a jaw-dropping clip of John Holmes) and gore, but it's all played up with a great deal of fun and style by director Mark Hartley, and the editing is magnificent, making even the cheapest piece-of-crap look worthy of being in the distinguishing genre fan's collection. Enlightening, engrossing and highly recommended for fans of films that hurtle wildly off the beaten track.