绝对牛B的纪录片！这部纪录片呈现了澳洲电影史上鲜为人知的一面,电影爱好者不能错过的朝圣电影.经典而肆无忌惮，绝对的疯狂与刺激的体验。
澳大利亚在世界电影中总是占着非常有分量的一席之地。不光因为近年来休·杰克曼，妮可·基德曼等大腕影星在好莱坞的星光显赫。早在他们之前的上世纪70年代，澳大利亚就举国进入了一场轰轰烈烈的影视文艺复兴运动中。从那个时候开始，澳大利亚的电影人不再仅仅关注自我，而开始像好莱坞一般试着用电影去娱乐大众。加之这一时期电影人的成功资本运作，一时间使得澳大利亚的电影出现了空前的百花齐放，各种B级电影层出不穷，类型涉及范围极广，动作、恐怖、惊悚等抢人眼球的风格应有尽有。将这一时期称为澳大利亚影坛的黄金时代实不为过。本片便是那个时代的完全纪录。
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2008年Australian Film Institute(AFI Award) 最佳纪录片

A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Karate-kicking midgets! Paper-mache monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the '70s and '80s had it all. Boasting cheap labour, exotic scenery and non-existent health and safety regulations, the Philippines was a dreamland for exploitation filmmakers whose renegade productions were soon engulfing drive-in screens around the globe like a tidal schlock-wave! At last, the all-too-often overlooked world of drive-in filler from Manilla gets the Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD) treatment in Machete Maidens Unleashed! This is the ultimate insiders' account of a faraway backlot where stunt men came cheap, plot was obsolete and the make-up guy was packing heat! Machete Maidens Unleashed! features interviews with cult movie icons Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Landis, Sid Haig, Eddie Romero and a large assembly of cast, crew and critics, each with a jaw-dropping story to tell about filmmaking with no budget...
To the exploitation filmmakers of the 1970s and 1980s there was no stunt too risky, no story too ridiculous, and no clothing that could not be removed in the name of mass entertainment. The name of the game was to move fast and cheap and to producers big and small the Philippines was the Promised Land, the Wild East of filmmaking where American producers were welcomed with open arms by an otherwise oppressive government and safety regulations were but a distant rumor from far off lands.
With Machete Maidens Unleashed acclaimed filmmaker Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) dives head first into the hidden history of the American backed Filipino production boom. Filled with outrageous footage from this lost era and firsthand accounts from Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Landis, Jack Hill and a host of others who experienced the madness live and in person Machete Maidens Unleashed is a delirious ride through one of the most exhilarating periods of film history.

A Feature Length Documentary On The Making Of The Film Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Peter Weir, Hal & Jim Mcelroy, Patricia Lovell, Cliff Green, Russell Boyd, Bruce Smeaton, Jose Perez, Helen Morse, John Jarratt, Christine Schuler And Anne Louise Lambert. This documentary is actually longer than film it documents. The documentary covers all aspects of the films creation from the discovery of the novel, to the directors cut of the film.