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Divine carries Mary Vivian Pearce in this ad for John Waters' "gutter film," Mondo Trasho. Little Richard, the film's patron saint. After several years of making experimental short films like Hag in a Black Leather Jacket and Eat Your Makeup in the mid-to-late 1960s, Baltimore filmmaker John Waters finally took the feature-length plunge in 1969 with his dreamlike, almost plotless epic Mondo Trasho. But in those days, Waters was operating on such a low budget that he couldn't even afford to…

The cult filmmaker invites us into his studio ahead of ‘John Waters: Pope of Trash’, at LA’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (from 17 September)

"Even 90-year-old queens don’t say that word."

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Director John Waters reflects on his controversial and quirky career in his new memoir Mr Know-It-All: the Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder.

John Waters

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‘Multiple Maniacs’ poster on sale at Westgate Gallery I wonder how many film snobs are out there who buy every single new Blu-Ray released by the Criterion Collection as a kind of Cliff Notes subscription to “Impeccable Taste in Cinema.” You know the type—if you suggest seeing a movie, they rush straight to Meta-Critic before committing to anything. I relish their reaction to Multiple Maniacs, John Waters’ self-described “celluloid atrocity,” a riveting, rancid, rollickingly funny B&W…