geoffwadick For an Australian my age the movies discussed in this documentary were not common viewing. However having this whole period of the beginning , ( 60's and 70's ) of the "new" revival of the Australian film industry placed before me so succinctly makes me want to go out and purchase all the films that were discussed . I also had no idea that these films were actually picked up by the Americans for distribution and in fact some of the big names of American film were encouraged to come all the way to Australia to participate in their making , albeit early in their careers . I must add that had I not been up late - yes after midnight - I would not have seen and thus missed this historical documentary altogether . Why do they put these great things on so late - probably because only die hard film buffs are the only ones up . Does anyone know if not the films than at least this documentary is available for purchase.

KissEnglishPasto ............................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA and ORLANDO, FL If you like Quentin Tarantino, you'll simply Love NOT QUITE Hollywood! There are many contributing/ participating narrators, but Tarantino has, by far, the most ON-SCREEN time. (Storyline Blurb doesn't even mention his crucial participation!) This extremely entertaining and informative low-budget documentary traces the revival of the Australian film industry, which all but died at the mid-30's Pacific onset of WWII, from its fledgling late 60's re-birth, through its multi-faceted heyday in the 70's and early 80's. Initially, NOT QUITE seemed determined to go the direction of a soft-core documentary, but this was only during the initial 20 to 25 minutes. In the early and mid-70's, the industry saw nudity and sex as an easy road to making big Aussie Dollars! Be forewarned, however... There's a LOT of frontal nudity and some mildly simulated sex during this opening segment! Throughout, CLIPS from SCORES of films appear, some from movies considered rather mainstream like MAD MAX and RAZORBACK, but the vast majority are from obscure cult classics like '78's PATRICK and '79's LONG WEEKEND, or totally unknown, never released in the U.S. or on DVD, titles like The CHAIN REACTION-'80 and MANGO TREE-'77. NOT QUITE is truly a veritable treasure trove of early Aussie Titles! I'm not the BIGGEST Tarantino fan on the planet, but most of his films are GREAT. On a personal level; he's one of my favorite famous people. Talk about not being affected by fame! He's a joy to watch! Despite being in his mid-40's, he's the same rather nerdy, little-kid-at-heart, goof-ball genius he was when he burst onto the entertainment scene nearly 25 years ago, God Bless him! A Must See for ALL "GENRE" and history of cinema Buffs! 9*.....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome! [email protected]

rgcustomer I generally love documentaries about film.However, this one was just so-so. One reason is because it seemed to be a Tarantino masturbation fantasy. This is a man who should never step out from behind the camera. Another reason is the subject matter itself is just bad.I did like learning about the catalogue of incredibly bad films that Australia has produced over the years, apparently with some government funding attached. As a Canadian, it makes me feel less embarrassed by the total garbage we usually produce. I can't imagine what sort of fans we have, but maybe someone will make a really earnest and boring documentary about them.Of all the films they referenced, the only one I liked was Wolf Creek, (although Dead End Drive In wasn't too bad). So there's hope for the gore genre. Maybe budgets and technology have risen to the level required to do these movies justice.Anyway, for this to be a decent documentary, it should have included some other things... maybe more of a comparison with the crap films of other countries, or with more moderate Australian cinema (I assume there was such a thing). Really, we aren't given much context.Still, it does give you a good sense of what was out there, and I was blissfully unaware of most if it until now. But I can't say I'm motivated to see any more of it... In 2010 we have choices. I think that was missing back in the day.

Coventry Having watched "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!" is eventually going to cost me a lot of money in the long run, as I added yet another handful of obscure movies to my never-ending list of 'absolutely-must-track-down-purchases'. That is actually the main reason why horror and cult fanatics ought to check this spirited and cheerful documentary out! Not so much because it's highly informative and professionally made (which it is), but mainly because this literally is a gravy train of virtually unknown but seemingly delicious genre titles. You can watch this documentary with a pen & notebook next to you and just start writing down the titles of all out-and-out demented movies they show brief clips of, and I assure that near the end you'll have a whole page full! In case the extended title doesn't make it clear enough yet, "Not Quite Hollywood" is a documentary revolving on the Australian exploitation/B-movie industry in general. This production features tons of clips from movies of the different streams in cult cinema (vulgar 70's sex flicks, brutally gore horror and outrageous car/biker movies), interviews with practically all the pioneers of Aussie cult cinema (like Brian Trenchard-Smith, Richard Franklin and Everett De Roche…) and over-enthusiast testimonies for younger generation directors about how influential these movies were (Greg McLean, James Wan and particularly the always-hyperkinetic Quentin Tarantino). The footage and interviews covering the Sexploitation stream was the least interesting part for me, because I'm not that interested in those films. Still it was nevertheless worthwhile seeing, as this meant the launch of the Aussie exploitation industry, with director icons like John Lamond and Tim Burstall giving birth to Down Under sleaze and vulgarity. There's a surprisingly high amount of little interviews with lewd actresses of that time, so it's really fun to see them showing off their T&A first and then talk about how carefree this era was. The horror movies (comatose killers & outback chillers) and exploitation flicks (high octane disasters and kung-fu masters) are a non-stop spitfire of fantastic images, compelling background information, marvelous on-set anecdotes and enticing bits of gore. It's always a brilliant experience to watch so many of your cinematic heroes assembled in one documentary, and "Not Quite Hollywood" accomplishes exactly this.