Not Quite Hollywood, 2008 - ★★★
REVIEWED
Viewed as part of my Beware the Docs of March Marathon 1. A look back at the history of ozploitation movies, from its humble origins in smut with "The Naked Bunyip" through to world hits like "Mad Max" & "Lost Weekend" right up to its modern revival with "Wolf Creek".
Its hugely entertaining but as a documentary its pretty standard fair. Its a familiar talking head format mixed with film clips, the archive interviews and set footage look like they're just ripped from DVD extras.
It shockingly seems to cover a surprising amount of time on overseas stars as much as its home grown ones. These include George Lazenby, Dennis Hopper, Steve Railsback and Jamie Lee Curtis, who all made movies there. They didn't always get their own way, Jamie Lee Curtis recounts feeling like an outcast and being made to feel like she'd taken a job from one of their own actors. While Hopper recalls being so in trouble for road offences he was banned for being caught in a vehicle (be it as a driver or passanger).
Highlight for me was the final segment covering the amazing Brian Trenchard-Smith's movies, hes championed by super fan Quentin Tarantino who likens BTS's movies to his own. He really knew how to make damned entertaining flicks, many being personal faves of my own from my youth.
[PRFR: Personal Reasons For Remembering]
Learning about the film "Next of Kin", Humphries amusing digs at homosexuality, censorship the English, and exploitation legend the Trench.
Originally taken from Letterboxd
REVIEWED
"I'm sorry about Mr Prouse's absence, I've been told he'd have given his right hand to be here"Barry Humphries (About one armed film censor Richard Prouse)
Its hugely entertaining but as a documentary its pretty standard fair. Its a familiar talking head format mixed with film clips, the archive interviews and set footage look like they're just ripped from DVD extras.
It shockingly seems to cover a surprising amount of time on overseas stars as much as its home grown ones. These include George Lazenby, Dennis Hopper, Steve Railsback and Jamie Lee Curtis, who all made movies there. They didn't always get their own way, Jamie Lee Curtis recounts feeling like an outcast and being made to feel like she'd taken a job from one of their own actors. While Hopper recalls being so in trouble for road offences he was banned for being caught in a vehicle (be it as a driver or passanger).
Highlight for me was the final segment covering the amazing Brian Trenchard-Smith's movies, hes championed by super fan Quentin Tarantino who likens BTS's movies to his own. He really knew how to make damned entertaining flicks, many being personal faves of my own from my youth.
[PRFR: Personal Reasons For Remembering]
Learning about the film "Next of Kin", Humphries amusing digs at homosexuality, censorship the English, and exploitation legend the Trench.
Originally taken from Letterboxd
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