Though only coming out some seven years into the growing number of low budget Australian exploitation pictures being made – now known as Ozploitation, Patrick (1978) was one of the first to bring outside attention onto these Down Under flicks. A bomb in its homeland but gaining traction in thirty foreign markets (including its all important success in the United States), this Richard Franklin (Psycho II) venture helped put Ozploitation on the map... something fully achieved the next year when Mad Max burst onto the scene.
No, I will not be talking about country music or Shania Twain, but this line aptly describes what either of the two main characters could have said during the 1959 classic comedy Some Like It Hot.
Last years big Oscar winner The Artist, which won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Score, and Costume Design, is a film that harkens back to the golden age of cinema. I have heard that a lot of people feel indifferent about watching this film, as a silent black and white motion picture seems boring and dated, yet The Artist is a beautifully written story that is quite the opposite.