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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

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This funny, informative, quick-fire documentary is about the violent, raunchy Australian exploitation movies that appeared in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. These horror flicks, soft-core porn and vulgar comedies were "Waltzing Matilda" to the "Advance Australia Fair" of the art-house pictures typified by Picnic at Hanging Rock that garnered the cultural kudos. One of their greatest fans was Quentin Tarantino, who figures among the film's many witnesses, remarking that Oz directors "manage to shoot cars with a fetishistic lens that just makes you want to jerk off".

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