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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 1334592" data-attributes="member: 960"><p>Those two films (<strong>Cecil B. Demented</strong> and <strong>Pecker</strong>) are, while not his worst, sort of at the bottom of the John Waters barrel.</p><p></p><p>For early stuff, <strong>Desparate Living</strong> is good, and <strong>Female Trouble</strong> is often considered his masterpiece. <strong>Pink Flamingos</strong> is, from a technical standpoint, his worst film--bad camera work, poor sound, etc. Listening to his commentary in the DVD is pretty funny because he admits how bad the film is on a technical level. Still, it's the one that made him famous and there are scenes in there that will never (and can never) be repeated on screen.</p><p></p><p>For his "going mainstream" period (the 1980s and early 1990s), <strong>Hairspray</strong> is his biggest hit, but I like <strong>Serial Mom</strong> a little better. <strong>Polyester</strong> is funny for the "Odorama" gimmick (scratch-n-sniff cards that let you "smell" the movie, not just watch it) and a lot of great silly dialogue ("I never wanted to use macrame to kill!"). It's also the film with with the 'Baltimore Foot Stomper' character, Dexter Fishpaw. If you saw the movie without "Odorama" it's really not as good. <strong>Cry Baby</strong> is pretty unwatchable, despite starring Johnny Depp.</p><p></p><p>His last two films (the ones you saw & remembered the titles of) are very autobiographical, but unless you know that you miss the references. And how many movie-goers would know his biography well enough to catch all the references? Not many. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think the problem with John Waters is that his reputation is better than his finished products (and I say this as someone who counts him as his only "Must See" film-maker--maybe that's just a loyalty thing with me). Still, he makes his movies on a shoestring budget (compared to Hollywood, at least), so I guess that's why he continues to get funding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 1334592, member: 960"] Those two films ([b]Cecil B. Demented[/b] and [b]Pecker[/b]) are, while not his worst, sort of at the bottom of the John Waters barrel. For early stuff, [b]Desparate Living[/b] is good, and [b]Female Trouble[/b] is often considered his masterpiece. [b]Pink Flamingos[/b] is, from a technical standpoint, his worst film--bad camera work, poor sound, etc. Listening to his commentary in the DVD is pretty funny because he admits how bad the film is on a technical level. Still, it's the one that made him famous and there are scenes in there that will never (and can never) be repeated on screen. For his "going mainstream" period (the 1980s and early 1990s), [b]Hairspray[/b] is his biggest hit, but I like [b]Serial Mom[/b] a little better. [b]Polyester[/b] is funny for the "Odorama" gimmick (scratch-n-sniff cards that let you "smell" the movie, not just watch it) and a lot of great silly dialogue ("I never wanted to use macrame to kill!"). It's also the film with with the 'Baltimore Foot Stomper' character, Dexter Fishpaw. If you saw the movie without "Odorama" it's really not as good. [b]Cry Baby[/b] is pretty unwatchable, despite starring Johnny Depp. His last two films (the ones you saw & remembered the titles of) are very autobiographical, but unless you know that you miss the references. And how many movie-goers would know his biography well enough to catch all the references? Not many. :) I think the problem with John Waters is that his reputation is better than his finished products (and I say this as someone who counts him as his only "Must See" film-maker--maybe that's just a loyalty thing with me). Still, he makes his movies on a shoestring budget (compared to Hollywood, at least), so I guess that's why he continues to get funding. [/QUOTE]
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