Ozploitation

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Ozploitation films are

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Ozploitation is often considered a smaller wave within the New Wave, covering a wide range of genres from sexploitation, biker films, horror and even martial arts.[3][4]

The origin of the term "Ozploitation" is credited to the documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!.[5] This 2008 feature explores Ozploitation films made during the Australian New Wave. The film includes interviews with numerous figures involved in Ozploitation, as well as fans of the genre, including American director Quentin Tarantino, who coined the phrase "Aussiesploitation", which director Mark Hartley then shortened to "Ozploitation".[6]

Background

Australian horror film production trebled from fewer than 20 films in the 1990s to over 60 films between 2000 and 2008.[7] According to one researcher, "global forces and emerging production and distribution models are challenging the 'narrowness' of cultural policy – a narrowness that mandates a particular film culture, circumscribes certain notions of value and limits the variety of films produced domestically. Despite their low-culture status, horror films have been well suited to the Australian film industry's financial limitations, they are a growth strategy for producers, and a training ground for emerging filmmakers".[8]

Filmography

1970s

1980s

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1990s

2000s

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2010s

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2020s

See also

References

  1. ^ "Go Down Under with 20 Must-See Ozploitation Films!". Film School Rejects. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ "20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics". The Grindhouse Cinema Database.
  3. ^ "Ozploitation: Exploitation From Down Under". The Grindhouse Cinema Database.
  4. ^ "Ozploitation: Australian Genre Classics". AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center.
  5. ^ Murray, Noel (30 July 2009). "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of OZploitation!". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ^ "The Bazura Project 3.04 – Interview". The Bazura Project. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Horror brings film industry back from the grave". The Age. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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  9. ^ a b c d e "The Best Ozploitation Movies of All Time". Flickchart.
  10. ^ Film Review: Spin Out (2016) www.filmblerg.com Retrieved 2018-01-04
  11. ^ "The Nightingale is part of sensationalist tradition Ozploitation cinema". 20 September 2019 – via thenewdaily.com.au.

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