Not Quite Hollywood
What:
Not Quite Hollywood
When:
Opens Aug 28
Where:
Nova
Hoyts Melbourne Central
Watch the trailer:
Here
Win:
We have 10 dbl passes to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'Everything he touches turns to glittery fool's gold'
It's ironic that some of the most recognisable faces in Not Quite Hollywood are American. Why does Quentin Tarantino know more about Australian genre cinema than we do? A nationwide awkwardness about our own film history has distracted us from this stash of glittery fool's gold for far too long.
This Melbourne-produced doco celebration of the glory days of ‘70s and ‘80s Australian trash film captures the devil-may-care gleefulness of its subject matter. Some of these titles may be familiar from recent DVD releases, but others - Fair Game, Centrespread, Lady Stay Dead and Dead End Drive-In - will be hazy recollections of VHS-hire, memories faded as the quality of their prints.
Not Quite Hollywood was chosen to launch this year's MIFF, but thank Tarantino it's getting a general release. This is Pop Culture History 101 for Australian audiences, and should be screened on a 24-hour loop on all major television networks until we all sign a contract promising to never let the sombre, earnest art-wank of films like Somersault, Japanese Story and Picnic at Hanging Rock distract us from gems like Razorback, Patrick and Next of Kin ever again.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Rad
Keywords: Australian, Quentin Tarantino, Horror
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