Not Quite Hollywood is a new documentary exploring the world of Australian exploitation cinema that began in the early 1970s.
Directed by Mark Hartley it shows how a new generation of maverick filmmakers capitalised on the relaxing of censorship laws to create wilder films on smaller budgets.
Whilst more refined directors like Peter Weir achieved worldwide acclaim with films like Picnic At Hanging Rock, more maverick directors and actors created a crazier breed of exploitation movie.
This is the trailer:
Many of the titles were sloppily made, politically incorrect and outraged critcs but some also made money in their home country and abroad.
One of the pleasing aspects of the documentary is Hartley’s irreverent approach, which allied to a huge amount of clips and interviews with the likes of George Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Barry Humphries and many others, makes for a thoroughly entertaining examination of Australian film culture.
I spoke with Mark recently about the film which is screening at the London Film Festvial this week.
You can listen to the interview here:
[audio:http://filmdetail.receptionmedia.com/Mark_Hartley_on_Not_Quite_Hollywood.mp3]You can also download it as a podcast via iTunes by clicking here.
Not Quite Hollywood screens at the London Film Festival on Saturday 24th and Tuesday 28th before getting a UK release in March.
> Download this interview as an MP3 file
> Mark Hartley at the IMDb
> Official website for the film
> Buy tickets for the film at the LFF website