Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 Directed by Mark Hartley
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The Filipino revolution that even Marcos couldn't crush!
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
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A really interesting talk heads docu with great footage! It touches both on the great and the not so great of filming over in the Philippines. It seems like a completely manic way of filming that will never ever happen again!
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Really interesting doc, some insane titles I'd never heard of. Didn't inspire to me to want to watch any of them mind, as lets be honest, they are shit.
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Cracking documentary on a heyday of the exploitation film industry in thr Philippines. Great contributions from Roger Corman, Jack Hill, Joe Dante and (especially) John Landis and many others.
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Another must watch documentary for anyone who loves the B-movie/exploitation genre.
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Boobs.
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I could listen to John Landis and Joe Dante talk shit about Roger Corman all day.
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A really interesting talk heads docu with great footage! It touches both on the great and the not so great of filming over in the Philippines. It seems like a completely manic way of filming that will never ever happen again!
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Sleazy as hell, just like you remember. I learned a little, laughed a little, and was a morally outraged a little. Most importantly, I got to see some of highlights of some films I'm not going to sit through now that my free time is so much more limited than it was in my teen years (when I would have (and did) watch any of these titles I could find).
If you remember any of these films, you'll probably get a kick out of learning a little bit more about them. If not, you may simply enjoy seeing some vintage maidens unleashing machetes and more!
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A very fun subject and a lot of interesting things are said about filipino exploitation, but it feels truncated, like it is only a part of a bigger documentary.
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κάνανε γαμηστερό σινεμά στις Φιλιππίνες και εδώ το ντοκιμαντέρ έχει πολύ υλικό, όλους τους συντελεστές και πρωταγωνιστές των ταινιών, γρήγορο pace και πολύ καλό μοντάζ και μπράβο δηλαδή
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Documentary about exploitation films shot in the country of the Philippines is nothing more than a goofy highlight reel with commentary.
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A fantastic documentary that opened me up to some of my, now, favourite exploitation films. Interviews with all the main players and a great place to start if you want to explore the rougher but more fun side of film-making. Watched this in preparation of discussing Eddie Romero's Beast of the Yellow Night for the B-Movie Bargain Bin
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Boobs.
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Been on an exploitation binge.. time for some documentaries.
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I could listen to John Landis and Joe Dante talk shit about Roger Corman all day.