The john waters collection john waters dvd scrapbook. It is republished here as the 10day event gets underway friday. They want to be taken sometimes into a world that they might feel. Revelling in the travesty of carnal excess, desperate living transforms the standard elements of fairytale into a pastiche of dominant sexual mores. Artsbeat john waters tries some desperate living on a crosscountry hitchhiking odyssey search. It was a surreal, almost religious experience for john who had been a. I was never frightened to to try new stuff because thats what people would expect if they come to see my show. Screening of desperate living prompts dusting off archive interview with the sultan of sleaze.
In march 1988, i did a phone interview with her for a magazine i was. Female trouble, desperate living, and the notorious midnight hit about the filthiest people alive. John waters full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Although tasteless and shocking, it is ultimately warm hearted and uproariously hilarious. John waters talks about hairspray, his biggest and most unexpected hit colleen ann fitzpatrick, left, debbie harry, divine and ricki lake in a scene from the movie hairspray. A neurotic society woman murders her husband with the help of her maid and, on the lam. Divine was touring as a cabaret singer when director john waters made this comedy of the grotesque, but he filled the void admirably with the equally rotund. Regular dreamland player mink stole filled in ably as a murderous suburban housewife who murders her husband and then embarks on a fairytaleesque trek along with her heavyset maid. John waters discusses censorship, smoking pot, andy warhol and his films in rolling stones last word interview. John waters discusses censorship, his films and andy.
Filmout san diego is screening john waters 1977 film desperate living at 3 p. John waters tries some desperate living on a crosscountry hitchhiking odyssey. John waters talks about hairspray, his biggest and. When john waters met little richard music the guardian. Waters gives some fun history on the film and on his career while also covering some interesting anecdotes about pre. Dementedall quite fair, though perhaps lacking in the fullon trashy delight of his earlier works. Ultimate john waters collection, the on dvd 794043801723 from new line home entertainment. The wonderfully eccentric, snaggletoothed edith massey was born in new york city and raised in an orphanage in denver, colorado, before running away to hollywood as a teenager. Desperate living was classic waters, but polyester 1981, for which divine returned to the fold, was the start of a different john waters era. It was waters first film with original music, by chris lobingier and allen yanus to provide a cheesy doctor zhivagotype score. Ultimate john waters collection, the dvd dvd empire.
Indecent exposure is showing at the baltimore museum of art until 6 january. John waters discusses 50 years of john waters movies, and. Waters 1970s and early 80s trash films feature his regular troupe of actors known as the dreamlandersamong them divine, mink stole, david lochary, mary vivian. John waters tells rolling stone about divine, lana del rey, smoking pot and what his lincoln center retrospective means to him. Those familiar with john s style know that these contradictions work splendidly within the context that he intended them to. Billed as a lesbian melodrama about revolution, desperate living, the third panel in john waters unofficial trash trilogy, was again disliked by. Filmlinc first published its interview with john waters shortly after the announcement that the film society of lincoln center its retrospective. John waters tries some desperate living on a crosscountry. My epic 2010 interview with john waters for nude magazine the cast of desperate living john waters see more. Here we find another commentary with john waters and this time hes joined by liz renay well, theyre sort of spliced together, its obvious from listening to it that they werent recorded at the same time. With liz renay, mink stole, susan lowe, edith massey. Learn more about the physical release of the john waters collection john waters dvd scrapbook promotional bonus dvd on dvd.
Nevertheless, you could never call his later movies mainstream. Waters is still the connoisseur of good trash, and his aesthetic is important to keep in mind as. Pink flamingos this landmark cult classic sets a benchmark for the bizarre that has never been equaled. Staring divine, liz renay, ricki lake and sonny bono.
Interviews conversations with filmmakers series egan, james on. I am sick of listening to your bitching desperate living. John waters early films were all shot in the baltimore area with his company of local actors, the. John waters boasts that in regards to his film desperate living, an official censor in london wrote, we do not know how. A neurotic society woman murders her husband with the help of her maid and. In the dark side of camp queer economy of dust, dirt and patina, edited by franziska bergmann, ingrid hotzdavies and georg vogt. Very crudely yours, john waters film collection dvd. Im sure she could have only improved the film with her immaculately trashy presence, but i doubt even that performance would have bested the all. John waters desperate living starring liz renay, edith massey, mink stole, susan lowe, mary vivian pearce, jean hill and cookie mueller. He wrote and directed the 1988 film hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit. John waters celebrity profile check out the latest john waters photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
In 1987, the iconic filmmaker john waters was sent by playboy magazine to interview his alltime hero little richard. As an admirer of both cindy sherman and john waters, i was happy to see a conversation between the artists included in cindy sherman, the exhibition catalogue accompanying the museums major retrospective of the artists work the conversation is informal and convivial, and, with john waters directing the questions, far more interesting than the standard artist interview. John waters began moving the pendulum of taste and decorum on the big screen, remarkably, 50 years ago this. In attempting to reinvigorate the experience of moviegoing with his shock comedy. He wrote and directed the 1988 film hairspray which became an international success and turned into a. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview. His favorite leading lady, transvestite divine, plays francine fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who longs for a little romance in her life because her husband and children drive her crazy.
Desperate living contains scenes that may be upsetting or triggering to some viewers. In anticipation of its september 514 run, the dissolve spoke to waters about finding his footing as a director, cooking up some of the most deranged imagery ever committed to film, and why improvisation is killing todays movies. We set ground rules on the phone before i flew to baltimore for an interview. The biggest difference is cecil would be a pain in the ass if you were interviewing him today. John waters looks back and forward prior to his film. Desperate living 1977 and female trouble 1974 good ol john waters i finished up the trilogy of trash, starting with pink flamingos a few months ago, going to desperate living and then female trouble. I have known john waters for over thirtyseven years now. An interview with john waters from the bust magazine fall 2000 issue. Born and raised in baltimore, waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including multiple maniacs 1970, pink flamingos 1972 and female trouble 1974. John waters rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. He would try to control your every question, he would have to have. Desperate living is a 1977 american comedy film directed, produced, and written by john waters. Desperate living was edited for ten weeks in the basement of editor charles roggeros home.
Director john waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with his hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure polyester. Born and raised in baltimore, waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including multiple maniacs 1970, pink flamingos 1972, and female trouble 1974. Desperate living is my personal favorite john waters film, but its one that divine backed out of before production. The auteur behind such bad taste beauties as multiple maniacs, pink flamingos, female trouble, desperate living and polyester the latter picture helping to engineer his move into the mainstream, waters achieved lasting commercial success and acceptance with hairspray. A housewife mink stole murders her husband, runs away and ends up in a town ruled by an evil queen who wants to infect her kingdom with rabies. This december at the royal cinema, were getting down and dirty with a curated selection of some of john waters most iconic works for a sixpart retrospective. Interviews conversations with filmmakers series ebook. Divine was touring as a cabaret singer when director john waters made this comedy of the grotesque, but he filled the void admirably with the equally rotund jean hill and burlesquequeen liz renay.
John waters tells us about all his feminist heroes. Mink stole experiences mental break in desperate living. Hed done that so many times before, and theres already an excellent book, john ivess john waters 1992, thunders mouth press, in which his career is analyzed thoroughly. John waters next films after this interview appeared were pecker and cecil b. John waters is one of the leading filmmakers of the american underground scene. I interviewed waters in 1997 when he was rereleasing pink flamingos.