What do ACMI, MIFF and Quentin Tarantino have in common?
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) are joining forces to present Focus on Ozploitation, a season dedicated to the uniquely antipodean exploitation cinema that swept the world in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Comprising of the genres of horror, suspense thrillers, action and comedy of the most irreverent order, Focus on Ozploitation has been jointly curated by ACMI’s Head of Film Programs, Richard Sowada, and Victorian filmmaker Mark Hartley to screen alongside the world premiere of Not Quite Hollywood, Hartley’s highly anticipated new documentary about the ‘ozploitation’ era, that will open MIFF on Friday 25 July.
A hugely entertaining and informative celebration of 1970s ozploitation cinema, Not Quite Hollywood is full of outrageous anecdotes and interviews with a large cast of local and international names including Quentin Tarantino (a fervent fan of the genre), Dennis Hopper, Sigrid Thornton, Jack Thompson, Stacy Keach, George Miller and Barry Humphries.
With its director, distributor and world premiere all based in Melbourne, Not Quite Hollywood is already generating serious levels of excitement internationally.
Highlights of Focus on Ozploitation include: two films by acclaimed director Brian Trenchard-Smith; the 1982 international hit Turkey Shoot and the 1986 action flick, Dead End Drive-In, a story where the Australian Government detains rouge teens on the site of a drive-in cinema, complete with high speed chases, impressive stunts and explosive shoot outs.
Other films in the program include: Roadgames starring scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis; Razorback, Russell Mulcahy’s outback horror story where a giant marauding feral pig terrorises a small community; and Bruce Beresford’s Barry McKenzie Holds His Own – an Aussie gem starring the two Barries - Barry Humphries (as Aunt Edna) and Barry Crocker (as her nephew).
More information: www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au or www.acmi.net.au
Media contact (ACMI): Claire Butler, ACMI on (03) 8663 2415 or email Claire.Butler@acmi.net.au
Media contact (MIFF): Louise Heseltine, Limelight PR on (03) 8660 4816 or louise@limelightpr.com.au