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- catalog abstract ""John Waters was kicked out of film school - and pop culture has never recovered! Only a few years later, Waters unleashed his unique talents on an unsuspecting public with 1972's Pink Flamigos, a film about the filthiest people alive that broke every rule of good taste and cinematic lighting. Waters didn't stop there: The man who fantasized about car crashes and killer Ferris wheels as a child went on to make underground trash masterpieces (Female Trouble, Desperate Living) and mainstream hits (Hairspray, Serial Mom) that firmly established him as a Hollywood icon, revered as an avant-garde director whose over-the-top antics have changed the way the world laughs. Pela traces the famous filmmaker's life from weird little boy-dom to his salad days as the Prince of Puke. He visits Baltimore, Waters's hometown and the setting for each of his films, in search of the mean-spirited hillbillies of whom Waters is so enamored. He even interviews Divine from beyond the grave, where he's apparently whooping it up with a lot of forgotten movie stars and eating himself into a stupor. Whether you're a John Waters fan or a film enthusiast, Filthy will delight you with zany stories of the filmmaker's eccentric career and insights into the ways in which Waters has changed pop culture forever."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12549259.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""John Waters was kicked out of film school - and pop culture has never recovered! Only a few years later, Waters unleashed his unique talents on an unsuspecting public with 1972's Pink Flamigos, a film about the filthiest people alive that broke every rule of good taste and cinematic lighting. Waters didn't stop there: The man who fantasized about car crashes and killer Ferris wheels as a child went on to make underground trash masterpieces (Female Trouble, Desperate Living) and mainstream hits (Hairspray, Serial Mom) that firmly established him as a Hollywood icon, revered as an avant-garde director whose over-the-top antics have changed the way the world laughs. Pela traces the famous filmmaker's life from weird little boy-dom to his salad days as the Prince of Puke.".
- catalog description "He visits Baltimore, Waters's hometown and the setting for each of his films, in search of the mean-spirited hillbillies of whom Waters is so enamored. He even interviews Divine from beyond the grave, where he's apparently whooping it up with a lot of forgotten movie stars and eating himself into a stupor. Whether you're a John Waters fan or a film enthusiast, Filthy will delight you with zany stories of the filmmaker's eccentric career and insights into the ways in which Waters has changed pop culture forever."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "The Sky Is Falling -- One Day in Bumberg -- Divine Intervention -- Divining Divine -- Some Sort of Discovery -- On Eating Shit -- The Sickest Movie Ever Made -- The Cult of John -- Isn't There a Law or Something? -- Faggots, Fat Women, and Puke -- The Triumph of Henny Penny.".
- catalog extent "xii, 209 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1555836259 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Los Angeles, Calif. : Alyson Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/0233/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN1998.3.W38 P45 2002".
- catalog subject "Waters, John, 1946-".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Sky Is Falling -- One Day in Bumberg -- Divine Intervention -- Divining Divine -- Some Sort of Discovery -- On Eating Shit -- The Sickest Movie Ever Made -- The Cult of John -- Isn't There a Law or Something? -- Faggots, Fat Women, and Puke -- The Triumph of Henny Penny.".
- catalog title "Filthy : the weird world of John Waters / by Robrt L. Pela.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".