May 21, 2019 john waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace. John waters fondly remembered these gimcrack gimmicks and resuscitated them for his 1981 film polyester, shot in fabulous odorama. With edward furlong, christina ricci, bess armstrong, mark joy. Polyester is a 1981 film about an unhappy housewife who struggles with her dysfunctional, unloving family. Think i may have liked female troubles a little better, it was more raunchy.
For many, this was the movie that marked waters emergence as a full blown filmmaker. John waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace. In real life, tabloid publications claimed a romantic connection between them, an. Released in 1981 with a shockingatthetime rrating, polyester splits the difference between waters earlier cult movies and his later mainstream work. A housewifes unhappy life changes for the better when she meets handsome todd tomorrow, starring divine and tab hunter. And yes, the polyester movie does have the infamous smellorama card with it as well. Director john waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with his hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure polyester. No one can write hysterical outbursts like john waters.
Even though two of john waters movies have been turned into broadway musicals, including the breakout hit hairspray, and even though your mom probably knows waters name, his work still carries the whiff of the forbidden. Francine fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in baltimore. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of polyester. It tells of the woes of a fat suburban housewife, francine fishpaw. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the john watersdirected movie via subscription can be a huge pain. Super hot tab hunter made a great guest star as well. This film timereleased 30 different odors into the air of the theaters through a system of tubes, know as a smell brain.
A talented young photographer, who enjoys snapping photos of his satirical, perverted baltimore neighborhood and his wacky family, gets dragged into a world of pretentious artists from new york city and finds newfound fame. Odorama john waters polyester interactive media archive. While no john waters film prior to hairspray probably needs a 4k restoration and, in fact, some may even be somehow spiritually hindered by one, polyesters position as a transitional film it was the first time waters shot on 35mm justifies the expenditure. For his first studio picture, filth maestro john waters took advantage of his biggest. This was one of waters first tentative forays into mainstream cinema. Its absolutely outrageous throughout with its crazed takes on sexual mores, drug use, abortion, and more, but its not the same sense of shock humor that defined much of waters earlier films. Pink flamingos is the movie that made waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150. Unfortunately, the money to support her lifestyle comes from her husbands porno theater, the neighbors are protesting, her son is a stomper, her daughter is knocked up by a local hoodlum, and her husband is having an affair. Because after hairspray, waters is probably most famous for pink flamingos, a movie in which a hugely obese crossdresser named divine eats dog. Polyester full movie 1981 lets join, fullhd movies seasonepisode here. Mondo trasho 1969 john waters first full length film is certainly unique in that its basically a silent film, using music to tell the story. Polyester is much more clicheridden than his other films, however, and so is less successful as satire.
The film, starring edward furlong, examines the rise to fame and potential fortune of a budding photographer. A lovely, inane story with the typical cast of oddballs and unlikely, loveable protagonists. It is being screened in coordination with professor sophia harveys courses. Finally, the polyester script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the john waters movie starring divine.
In fact, polyester is just as bitingly satirical as his more underground efforts but aim its sights at more everyday targets like suburbia and the nuclear family. First john waters film using the camera technique of steadicam. John waters first mainstream film is a subtler, slicker affair than previous wild outings like pink flamingos but this doesnt mean that it is tame. Excellent movie, i am a total john waters fan and this is one of. Pecker is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed by john waters. John waters has done more to make tubby transvestites a staple of the cinema than any other director working today. Polyester script transcript from the screenplay andor john. Polyester is his most satisfying film from a perspective of mixing storytelling, characters, and outrage, while desperate living may very well be his most disgusting. Top grossout moments in john waters films antigravity. After making a name for himself with such underground grossout epics as pink flamingos and desperate living, director john waters made a. Jan 17, 2012 divine pink flamingos, hairspray portrays dawn davenport from her badgirl youth as a gogo dancer on baltimores infamous block to her death in the electric chair. Where to stream john waters filthiest films decider. Aug 28, 2012 song from the motion picture polyester 1981 by john waters.
John waters film polyester is more than three decades old but it will offend your olfactory senses once again when it screens wednesday. Polyester is a movie that can get laughs out of a dinette set simply. In 1981 divine appeared in john waterss next film, polyester, starring as francine fishpaw. Hear classic music from polyester, 1981, directed by john waters, with divine, tab hunter, edith massey, at tcm. Been watching john waters later movies with my teenage kids, first serial mom, then polyester, crybaby last night, original hairspray tonight. And it looks as good as the shimmer of trillions of microfibers in a redgelled. 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 polyester, with tab hunter and divine, will screen at the cinematheque this weekend as a prelude to the directors appearance on saturday, sept. Waters was expelled from new york university for smoking marijuana. Demented isnt pure unadulterated waters like pink flamingos, it is his best movie since cry baby, and a complete hoot. 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. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the john waters directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain.
With divine, tab hunter, edith massey, david samson. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full. Details about polyester scratch n sniff movie card john waters. Polyester scratch n sniff movie card john waters ebay. Like all waters films, it was filmed and set in baltimore. A suburban housewifes world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the footfetishist whos been breaking local womens feet.
Song from the motion picture polyester 1981 by john waters. In 1981, cult film director john waters released polyester, staring divine as francine fishpaw. John waters film polyester is more than three decades old but it will offend your olfactory senses once again when it screens wednesday night as part of filmout. The film stars the countercultural drag queen divine as a criminal living under the name of babs. Polyester is a 1981 american comedy film directed, produced, and written by john waters, and starring divine, tab hunter, edith massey, and mink stole.
A melodrama that touches on everything from punk rock to abortion to pornography, the film stars divine as francine fishpaw, a putupon alcoholic housewife dealing with a cheating husband, a knockedup daughter, and a delinquent son. This, in the first aboveground picture made by the director of such subterranean dementia as mondo trasho 1969 and pink flamingos 1972, was a cinematic breakthrough more profound than dolby sound or cinerama. Polyester is a movie that can get laughs out of a dinette set simply because it is a. By far waters bestknown movie, it is part of what waters has labelled the trash trilogy, which also includes female trouble 1974 and desperate living 1977.
Unlike earlier roles, fishpaw was not a strong female but a meek and victimized woman who falls in love with her dream lover, todd tomorrow, played by tab hunter. Thinking about it, john waters is almost like an american almodovar circa women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Man, the sheer energy and humour of this movie, and the basic message of its love for real cinema, really pushed my buttons and left me grinning from ear to ear, and up for a week afterwards. Household odors and family troubles, via john waters. Polyester 1981 is an american comedy directed by john waters that is set in baltimore, maryland. He wrote and directed the 1988 film hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit. Polyester 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The live chicken decapitation in the beginning, followed by some extreme foot fetish adoration, is a great introduction to what was to come as waters career developed.
Looking to watch polyester on your tv or mobile device at home. Growing up in baltimore in the 1950s, john waters was not like other children. Details about never worn 1981 vtg polyester movie john waters t shirt original divine small. Notable for the absence of waters regular divine, this movie pushes the rest of the cast to their overthetop best.
In the schools official letter of expulsion, they told waters parents that he needed extensive psychiatric therapy, but waters resumed making movies instead. Along with home movie, audio, and interview snippets. Pink flamingos is a 1972 american exploitation comedy film directed, written, produced, narrated, filmed, and edited by john waters. The hairspray director may not have made a movie since 2004 but he. Polyester is the start of a turning point in john waters career, the start of this radical outsider entering the mainstream. Polyester is a satire on race, gender, sexuality, and class by acclaimed filmmaker john waters. But she finds true love with a handsome man who drives a white corvette. It is a sendup of the melodramatic genre of womens pictures, particularly those directed by douglas sirk, whose work directly influenced this film, as well as a satirical look at suburban life in the early 1980s involving divorce, abortion. Mint condition scratch n sniff cards for the john waters classic, polyester. Her husband, who runs a porn theater, is cheating on her and her teenage children are out of control. Nasty, shabby, gross, and hilarious, this is john waters at his best.
Nov, 2010 highlights from one of the greatest comedies. The biting satire and absurd situations in waters movies always dwell selfconsciously on how media images and stereotypes affect viewers notions of reality. John waters polyester the criterion collection laserdisc. The john waters archives pink flamingospolyesterdesperate livinghairspray vhs. Polyester featured homage to smellovision originally released in 1960 with the film scent of mystery.
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