Mark Hartley, Not Quite Hollywood

Who knew Australia had such a thriving exploitation cinema? Mark Hartley, it turns out. The filmmaker has
spent years researching the scene, interviewing nearly one hundred
participants and remastering footage for his zippy documentary Not
Quite Hollywood. The film charts how once film censorship was removed in
1971, Australia went bonkers with nudity, sex, violence, monsters and
an energy that still seems dangerously combustible. Hartley tells us
why Quentin Tarantino’s enthusiasm made this all possible and how he
got, among others, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Miller and Dennis Hopper
to fess up and reminisce about their respective post-'71 Australian filmmaking experiences (31 minutes).

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