Tag: Pink Flamingos
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IndieWire After Dark: Midnight Movies for the Streaming Age
If a “midnight movie” is streamed on a laptop at two o’clock in the afternoon — and no one is there to obsess about it with you — is it even a midnight movie?Some films automatically qualify as midnight movies thanks to subject matter or conceptual guts; Divine didn’t eat dog shit for you to…
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Why A Serbian Film Is Misunderstood, And More Relevant Than Ever
Some films are so disgusting, repellent, violent, prurient, or tasteless that audiences find themselves unable to easily define them.Films like Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom,” Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” Gaspar Noë’s “Irreversible,” Ruggerio Deodato’s “Cannibal Holocaust,” Takashi Miike’s “Ichi the Killer,” Tom Six’s “The Human Centipede” trilogy, or even John…
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John Waters’ ‘Pink Flamingos’ Is Still Banned in Long Island Town 50 Years Later
Fifty years after the release of “Pink Flamingos” and John Waters is still banned from screening the film in Hicksville, Long Island.Waters explained to Entertainment Weekly that despite being a camp cult classic, “Pink Flamingos” was deemed obscene in multiple legal cases.“I never won [obscenity cases],” Waters said. “Because at midnight, ‘Pink Flamingos’ is joyous,…
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Iconic Director John Waters Suggests J.K. Rowling Use “Preparation H For That Transphobia”
It’s hard to avoid social media posts and comments from “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” creator J.K. Rowling that are a not so veiled attempt to belittle the trans community. The writer continues to double-down on those transphobic comments every couple of weeks by adding some new ridiculous sentiments or defenses of previous statements.Well, “Pink…
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‘Wall-e,’ ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ and ‘Selena’ Among Movies Added to National Film Registry
Pixar’s “Wall-e,” “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” and “Selena” have been selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.Each year, the Librarian of Congress names 25 motion pictures that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, the movies have to be at least 10 years old.Other…
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John Waters’ Best of 2020 List Includes ‘Mangrove,’ ‘Swallow’ & Also, ‘Butt Boy’
With December right around the corner, it’s time for endless “best of” lists, and this year John Waters returns with his signature early and peculiar selection of best movies of the year. Waters is famously one of the most opinionated filmmakers with a truly varied taste for films, and his list for 2020 is just…
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John Waters Names Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ the Year’s Best Film
John Waters has revealed his top 10 films list for Artforum and, in keeping with the “Pink Flamingos” director’s typically eccentric taste, it’s always a dark treat. His top pick for the year is Gaspar Noé’s acid-laced dance freakout “Climax.” “Frenzied dance numbers combined with LSD, mental breakdowns, and childhood trauma turn this nutcase drama…
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John Waters’ Best Of 2018 Includes A French Metal Musical & The Best Nic Cage Film Not Named ‘Mandy’
John Waters is one of the most interesting, unique, and thoroughly opinionated filmmakers in history. Whether you love or loathe his work (most people fall into one of those camps), film fans can’t help but respect the sheer individuality on display by Waters. So, when the man behind “Pink Flamingos,” “Hair Spray,” and “Female Trouble”…