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Mark Hartley's documentary film coins the term 'Ozploitation' to describe a class of Australian films from the 1970s and 1980s that dealt graphcially with sex and violence, often using stunts and special effects, in a uniquely Australian way.
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Not Quite Hollywood was the opening night film of the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival. It opened in Australian cinemas on 28 August 2008.
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The Last of Us, Shrinking and Kaleidoscope : What’s New to Streaming in Australia This January
2023
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review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 2 January 2023;
— Review of Black Snow 2022 series - publisher film/TV ; Transfusion 2022 single work film/TV ; Crazy Fun Park 2022 single work film/TV ; Not Quite Hollywood 2008 single work film/TV -
Dead Heart : Australia’s Horror Cinema
2018
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 31 October 2018; -
The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium
2016
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016; -
Genre Is Big Business on the Small Screen
2016
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— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Spring no. 190 2016; (p. 124) 'In this article, the author discusses significance of genre filmmaking in television broadcasting, as of September 2016. He cites examples of genre films like the documentary "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation," which is a horror film, and the '"Griff the Invisible," and mentions that genres like horror, sci-fi and fantasy have always been prominent on the small screen. He notes that TV programs lower scrutiny than films, citing example of "Glitch and Cleverman." -
Living for the Moment : Not Quite Hollywood : The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Mark Hartley, 2008)
2014
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review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , March no. 70 2014;
— Review of Not Quite Hollywood 2008 single work film/TV
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Glory Days of the Grindhouse
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 August 2008; (p. 23)
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Untitled
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 31 August 2008; (p. 21)
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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 31 August 2008; (p. 37)
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Blood, Guts and No Fear: Bonzer
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 August 2008; (p. 17)
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Film of the Week
2008
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— Appears in: Eureka Street , 29 August vol. 18 no. 17 2008;
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Larrikin Streak
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 6-7) -
Ocker Shockers
2008
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 August 2008; (p. 26-27) -
Ocker Schlockers
2008
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 August 2008; (p. 16-17) -
The Wizards of Oxploitation
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 August 2008; (p. 7) -
Towards an Understanding of Australian Genre Cinema and Entertainment : Beyond the Limitations of 'Ozploitation' Discourse
2010
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criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 24 no. 6 2010; (p. 843 - 854) 'While Australian cinema has produced popular movie genres since the 1970s, including action/adventure, road movies, crime, and horror movies, genre cinema has occupied a precarious position within a subsidized national cinema and has been largely written out of film history. In recent years the documentary Not Quite Hollywood (2008) has brought Australia's genre movie heritage from the 1970s and 1980s back to the attention of cinephiles, critics and cult audiences worldwide. Since its release, the term 'Ozploitation' has become synonymous with Australian genre movies. In the absence of discussion about genre cinema within film studies, Ozploitation (and 'paracinema' as a theoretical lens) has emerged as a critical framework to fill this void as a de facto approach to genre and a conceptual framework for understanding Australian genres movies. However, although the Ozploitation brand has been extremely successful in raising the awareness of local genre flicks, Ozploitation discourse poses problems for film studies, and its utility is limited for the study of Australian genre movies. This paper argues that Ozploitation limits analysis of genre movies to the narrow confines of exploitation or trash cinema and obscures more important discussion of how Australian cinema engages with popular movie genres, the idea of Australian filmmaking as entertainment, and the dynamics of commercial filmmaking practises more generally.' (Author's abstract)
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