no film for chickens
Turkey Shoot
Director Brian Trenchard-Smith reflects on the use of leftover catering for special effects in the making of the 80s splatterfest Turkey Shoot, screening as part of the upcoming Focus on Ozploitation season at ACMI.
Trenchard-Smith's essay No Film For Chickens (available here) is a must-read for anyone interested in the maverick Australian filmmaking era of the 70s and 80s.
Brian writes of the resourcefulness needed in the making of genre films at that time.
His own experiences in the making of Turkey Shoot and Dead End Drive-In included recruiting leftover sausages and tomato sauce from lunch to fill a pair of pants for a brutal blood 'n' guts scene involving a bulldozer, and of trying to prevent his film being shutdown in the NSW Supreme Court.
He also writes of his surprise on meeting Quentin Tarantino that he is a big fan of Turkey Shoot and Dead End Drive-In, both of which are screening in Focus on Ozploitation.
Part of the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival, Focus on Ozploitation has been co-curated by the Head of Film Programs at ACMI, Richard Sowada, and Mark Hartley, the director/writer behind MIFF's opening night Ozploitation documentary Not Quite Hollywood. The program also features some other classic ozploitation thrillers such as Razorback, Roadgames and Long Weekend, and the star-studded irreverent comedy Barry McKenzie Holds His Own.
Focus on Ozploitation screens Friday 25 July - Sunday 10 August 2008. The full program is available here.
Watch the trailers for Turkey Shoot and Richard Franklin's Roadgames.
Published Monday, 7 July 2008
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