Posts Tagged ‘john waters’
Film | Inside the filthy mind of John Waters
Prince of Poop, Lord of Low-brow, King of Crass — ladies and gentleman, please welcome to the stage Sir John Waters
I’ve been immersed in the world of John Waters recently, and a lot of it has to do with This Filthy World, a 2006 documentary about the man who brought us the original Hairspray along with a heap of perverse classics like Female Trouble and Pink Flamingos.
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Two more superstars from the Dreamland crew
In my last post, I gave you a list of the original Dreamlanders — the cast of John Waters’ first movies. But, we can’t talk about Dreamland stars without talking about these two latecomers — Patty Hearst and Ricki Lake.
Here goes (and remember to vote for your favourite Dreamlander at the end).
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Six superstars from the original Dreamland crew
Andy Warhol had Joe Dellasandro, Holly Woodlawn, Edie Sedgewick and Jackie Curtis. John Waters had the Dreamlanders. Nominate your favourite.
Like Warhol, Waters defied the art and film establishment with DIY, low-budget, taboo-breaking film making. But this culprit had his accomplices in his subversion and perversion. Oh, and don’t forget to vote in the poll at the end!
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Six underground directors who dirtied John Waters’ mind
American filmmaker John Waters was in the thick of underground, experimental, crass American filmmaking in the 1960s. His oeuvre includes Pink Flamingos to Hairspray. See what movies dirtied his mind as a budding director.
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