Who needs art when we can have boobs, violence, and gore? I'm saddened I missed out on the gonzo films released from the land down under when I was younger. I did get to enjoy Felicity with repeat viewings on Showtime. This film is an entertaining and interesting glimpse into a film style that wouldn't succeed in today's cinema.

As a person who spent 2 years living in Australia, I’m always happy to see documentaries and exposes which examine and reveal its incredible culture to the wider world, and as a film fan, learning about the history of cinema and all it’s permutations has always appealed to me. So Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation is pretty much a perfect marriage in my eyes. I recently became fascinated by Ozploitation flicks after covering a few of them on a podcast, and so it made sense to actually check the documentary out to see why this seedy little cinematic subculture is so legendary. Cramming in more T & A than your typical late night skin flick and more blood and gore than a Hershell Gordon Lewis marathon, it covers the history of the subgenre, right up to modern times, and while it’s mostly a celebration of the films and those who made them, its not a hagiography. We hear plenty of comments from people who didn’t enjoy the films or had a bad time making them. Theres a real sense of balance throughout, and little is done to gloss over just how cheap and clunky many of the movies were. In fact, this is celebrated as an example of ad hoc, derring-do filmmaking, where people with little money and basically no resources were able to cobble to together films that audiences loved, that packed out drive-in theatres and drove snobby critics and establishment types crazy. It’s not so much an in-depth look at a few of the most significant exploitation films as it is a whistle stop tour of many of the most infamous and successful. It’s rare that a documentary is paced like this, and as a result it can sometimes be hard to understand what some of the interviewees are saying. It is great seeing some like Quentin Tarantino geeking out over the films that he grew up watching, extolling the virtues of movies that most people either haven’t seen or would have no interest in watching. It gave me a whole bunch of movies to add to my watch later list, and an extra level of appreciation for the mad men and women who worked so hard to establish their careers in films that brought them little critical acclaim, but a whole lotta fans. Ozploitation, may your spirit never die!

There is one thing about this movie that cannot be missed. I can see that it worked really well on the small details.

A movie touching on the subject of exploitation movies and the world of Hollywood

Movie about the movies 🤭🤭. Liked the colour, style and country vibe. Good movie 👍

Very underrated directing skill. Nice movie. Recommended.

Some entertaining stories for sure but overall kinda meh.

Great documentary about some amazing films out of Australia. Great presentation. Amazing content.

A mediocre documentary about old B movies from Australia. It's certainly niche, and was fun enough, but it wasn't particularly educational in anything that I personally cared to learn about.

The Ozploitation explosion from the 1960's to the 1980's brought about some of the best underground filmmaking that cinema had to offer. Whether it be action-oriented, horror-themed, pornographic, or just downright gonzo, the underground Australian film community had it going on, pumping out gem after gem. Not Quite Hollywood takes a look at that timeframe, with gusto. It focuses on the filmmakers and not necessarily the effects of the films that they made, although they do touch on that just a bit. There are a great number of interviewees, including Brian Trenchard-Smith, Quentin Tarantino, George Miller, Jamie Lee Curtis, Stacy Keach, George Lazenby, Russell Mulcahy, James Wan, and many of the people (actors, directors, and film critics alike) involved in the Australian film industry at the time. It doesn't attempt to provide an argument about these films in either a positive or negative light. While the film critics that are interviewed give their brutally honest opinions, others might praise the films. In other words, it allows the films to speak for themselves. The film is a well-oiled machine with nothing taken for a granted. Because of the deliberate pace of the editing, you're constantly engaged at all times and there's hardly ever a shot that lasts more than five seconds. It's a terrific documentary overall.

A quick-hits love letter to "Ozploitation" films, the stampede of cruddy cut-rate B movies bred by the Australian cultural craze of the 70s and 80s. It's well-produced, with loads of shiny transitions and a few familiar faces on the couch (Quentin Tarantino, unsurprisingly, is an energetic fan) but it's all cut together with the short attention span you might expect from an episode of VH-1's I Love the 80s. A bunch of talking heads, mostly non-celebrities, gushing about their favorite cinematic turds like a kid on a sugar rush. At least they're passionate about the subject. That whirlwind of mid-sentence breaks left me feeling dizzied and weary, though, with its constant, breakneck topic shifts, and eventually drained the premise dry. The clips can be very funny, in a "how did that get filmed" sense, but it's easy to get the impression that we're really seeing the only worthwhile shreds of these bombs, and by the end it was all starting to feel a bit boring and redundant. Still, true to the era, there's plenty of footage to fill a solid fifteen-minute devotion to gratuitous nudity, so it does have that going for it.

A documentary about Australian exploitation film boom of the 70s. Hilarious and absolutely wild. I think pretty much everyone involved with every film, cast or crew, was interviews. Occasionally it becomes too much and moves too fast. First 20 minutes have more nudity than I've seen in years of films combined. The whole thing is a wild ride. RECOMMENDED.

A perfect excuse to weave together quick snippets of craziness. Hilarious and beautifully bizarre.

Interesting doc about the cause and effect of Ozzy exploitation films. At the absolute least it serves as an introductory list of some pretty crazy looking gems.

Amazing look at some batshit movies and characters that makes you want to see everything.

A hugely entertaining documentary about the little known Australian cinematic revolution! You'll want to take notes during this one because chances are you're going to want to see every flick that it features.

Interesting, but if you don't like Quinton Tarrintino's movies, or Mad Max. You probably should skip it.

Not Quite Hollywood is a terrific documentary about the Ozploitation genre. The Australians didn't have a film industry, but in the late 60's to early 70's there was a boom in the Australian film industry, and a plateau of films made their way in Australian Drive In theatres. These movies were extreme in nudity and violence and would attract a fallowing. These films set the standards for something great, and in turn, the Aussies were able to carve their niche in the filmmaking world. This is a must see documentary for film fans everywhere and it features great interviews with Australian film makers, fans of the genre like Quentin Tarantino and James Wan and actors Jamie Lee Curtis , Stacey Keach and Dennis Hopper. This film is insightful and tells a terrific story of this truly unique film industry that is more insane than the American film industry. I've seen some truly great documentaries, but Not Quite Hollywood is really one of the best documentaries I've seen in quite some time. The film goes through the various genres from the first few low budget schlock flicks that relied on nudity and crude content to more stylized picture that had better storylines, intense stunts and above better acting. The filmmakers being interviewed discuss how the Aussies influenced their work and how they enjoyed these thrilling, obscured films. Tarantino is prominent here, and I personally feel he's one of the best directors working today and I also feel he's a highly knowledgeable film expert. Now I really loved this film and I highly recommend this film to every cinema fan. This is insightful and you will be very happy that you saw this. From start to finish this film is pretty insane as you hear the stories from the Aussie filmmakers discussing their body of work. A documentary definitely worth seeing and is highly engaging from start to finish.

While it was interesting to see the development of Aussie exploitation films not being a massive fan of this genre the fascination soon wore off.

This is a brilliant documentary about the renaissance of Australian Exploitation cinema during the 70s and 80s. The film features countless clips from obscure and cult films and is particularly hilarious. Interviews mainly featured are of Australian directors, actors and producers of Ozploitation films, but Quentin Tarantino also features as he is a fan (or fanatic) of exploitation cinema and his passion speaks to his love of Australian exploitation cinema in particular. This documentary captures a sense of the joy, absurdity and gratuity that is the genre flick. Although the film tends to drag a little at the end, becoming more a focus on clip after clip from more films, and less about a cinematic subculture. However there are really interesting clips and interviews about the aspects of not only the film genres themselves, but the affect and counter affect of Ozploitation and Australian culture or the "Australian Identity" during the 70s and 80s. Above all this film is hilarious and a treat for fans of exploitation cinema.