Monday, July 26, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Ozploitation
So I saw this phenomenal documentary about Aussie exploitation films, Not Quite Hollywood. It featured of a variety of nudie, gross-out, horror, and sci-fi/apocalyptic films, one of which was the classic, Mad Dog Morgan, starring the much-missed Dennis Hopper (above).
Horror was never my bag, but I have to say, the films highlighted in this doc made "gory and freaky" seem absurd and humorous, a statement on the need for creating pure entertainment. It introduced me, perhaps, to why folks dig slasher films. I realize there is social commentary in everything if you dig deep enough (or not), but the world of 70's Ozploitation was just plain fun to "walk about" in.
Friday, July 16, 2010
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