Nov, 2010 highlights from one of the greatest comedies. Finally, the polyester script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the john waters movie starring divine. Never worn 1981 vtg polyester movie john waters t shirt original divine small. 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. Polyester 1981 is an american comedy directed by john waters that is set in baltimore, maryland. Polyester is the start of a turning point in john waters career, the start of this radical outsider entering the mainstream. 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. In real life, tabloid publications claimed a romantic connection between them, an. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the john waters directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain.
Polyester script transcript from the screenplay andor. Polyester scratch n sniff movie card john waters ebay. John waters polyester the criterion collection laserdisc. John waters has done more to make tubby transvestites a staple of the cinema than any other director working today. Polyester is a 1981 american comedy film directed, produced, and written by john waters, and starring divine, tab hunter, edith massey, and mink stole. He wrote and directed the 1988 film hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the john watersdirected movie via subscription can be a huge pain. 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. In the schools official letter of expulsion, they told waters parents that he needed extensive psychiatric therapy, but waters resumed making movies instead. For many, this was the movie that marked waters emergence as a full blown filmmaker. 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.
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. The john waters archives pink flamingospolyesterdesperate livinghairspray vhs. Mint condition scratch n sniff cards for the john waters classic, polyester. Polyester is much more clicheridden than his other films, however, and so is less successful as satire. 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. 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. Super hot tab hunter made a great guest star as well. 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. May 21, 2019 john waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace. 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. Polyester is a movie that can get laughs out of a dinette set simply because it is a. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of polyester.
This film timereleased 30 different odors into the air of the theaters through a system of tubes, know as a smell brain. In 1981 divine appeared in john waterss next film, polyester, starring as francine fishpaw. A lovely, inane story with the typical cast of oddballs and unlikely, loveable protagonists. Because after hairspray, waters is probably most famous for pink flamingos, a movie in which a hugely obese crossdresser named divine eats dog.
New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150. Details about polyester scratch n sniff movie card john waters. Odorama john waters polyester interactive media archive. Polyester is a movie that can get laughs out of a dinette set simply. Aug 28, 2012 song from the motion picture polyester 1981 by john waters.
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. It is being screened in coordination with professor sophia harveys courses. Francine fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in baltimore. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full. Pink flamingos is the movie that made waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. 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. With edward furlong, christina ricci, bess armstrong, mark joy. Nasty, shabby, gross, and hilarious, this is john waters at his best. Looking to watch polyester on your tv or mobile device at home. The hairspray director may not have made a movie since 2004 but he. No one can write hysterical outbursts like john waters. And it looks as good as the shimmer of trillions of microfibers in a redgelled. Details about never worn 1981 vtg polyester movie john waters t shirt original divine small. Think i may have liked female troubles a little better, it was more raunchy.
This was one of waters first tentative forays into mainstream cinema. 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. First john waters film using the camera technique of steadicam. In 1981, cult film director john waters released polyester, staring divine as francine fishpaw. Polyester script transcript from the screenplay andor john. And yes, the polyester movie does have the infamous smellorama card with it as well. But she finds true love with a handsome man who drives a white corvette. Polyester is a satire on race, gender, sexuality, and class by acclaimed filmmaker john waters.
Like all waters films, it was filmed and set in baltimore. 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. John waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace. Demented isnt pure unadulterated waters like pink flamingos, it is his best movie since cry baby, and a complete hoot. It tells of the woes of a fat suburban housewife, francine fishpaw. A housewifes unhappy life changes for the better when she meets handsome todd tomorrow, starring divine and tab hunter. Polyester 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Released in 1981 with a shockingatthetime rrating, polyester splits the difference between waters earlier cult movies and his later mainstream work. 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.
Where to stream john waters filthiest films decider. Pink flamingos is a 1972 american exploitation comedy film directed, written, produced, narrated, filmed, and edited by john waters. After making a name for himself with such underground grossout epics as pink flamingos and desperate living, director john waters made a. Along with home movie, audio, and interview snippets. Pecker is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed by john waters. 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. Polyester full movie 1981 lets join, fullhd movies seasonepisode here. 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.
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. 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. 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. Growing up in baltimore in the 1950s, john waters was not like other children. Polyester featured homage to smellovision originally released in 1960 with the film scent of mystery. Polyester 1981 divine and tab hunter in polyester 1981 divine in polyester 1981 ken. 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. Director john waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with his hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure polyester. Excellent movie, i am a total john waters fan and this is one of. For his first studio picture, filth maestro john waters took advantage of his biggest. 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.
John waters film polyester is more than three decades old but it will offend your olfactory senses once again when it screens wednesday. Top grossout moments in john waters films antigravity. 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 fondly remembered these gimcrack gimmicks and resuscitated them for his 1981 film polyester, shot in fabulous odorama. 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. The film, starring edward furlong, examines the rise to fame and potential fortune of a budding photographer. Been watching john waters later movies with my teenage kids, first serial mom, then polyester, crybaby last night, original hairspray tonight. John waters baltimore brand of lunacy occupies a special place in the hearts of a lot of midnite movie maniacs and everyone has their own favorite. Hear classic music from polyester, 1981, directed by john waters, with divine, tab hunter, edith massey, at tcm. Notable for the absence of waters regular divine, this movie pushes the rest of the cast to their overthetop best. With divine, tab hunter, edith massey, david samson.