Popcorn Taxi: Not Quite Hollywood (NSW)
August 3rd 2008 07:36
Link: www.popcorntaxi.com.au
WHERE: Greater Union Bondi Junction NSW
Before the censor's axe. Before the critics attacked...Even before the Brazilian Wax!
Free-wheelin' sex romps! Bloodsoaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganzas!
Theyíre the main ingredients of NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD, the first detailed examination and celebration of Australian genre cinema of the 70s and 80s. In 1971, with the introduction of the R-certificate, Australiaís censorship regime went from repressive to progressive virtually overnight. This cultural explosion gave birth to arthouse classics, such as PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and MY BRILLIANT CAREER, but also spawned a group of demon-children: maverick filmmakers who braved assault from all quarters to bring films like ALVIN PURPLE, THE MAN FROM HONG KONG, PATRICK, TURKEY SHOOT and MAD MAX to the big screen. As explicit, violent and energetic as their northern cousins, Aussie genre movies presented a unique take on established conventions. In England, Italy and the grindhouses and Drive-ins of America, audiences applauded our homegrown marauding revheads with brutish cars, our spunky well-stacked heroines and our stunts- unparalleled in their quality and extreme danger!
Popcorn Taxi proudly presents this extraordinary documentary as well as an audience Q&A with director Mark Hartley live on-stage after the film... plus some very special surprise guests.
PopcornTaxi
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
LIVE Q&A!.
Rated: MA 15
WHEN Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7.00pm sharp!
WHERE Greater Union Bondi Junction Westfield Building 500 Oxford St, Bondi Junction
Entry: $15.50 / $11 Conc.
BUY TICKETS NOW
www.popcorntaxi.com.au
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