John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble
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Actor: David Lochary, Divine, Edith Massey, Nancy Crystal, Pat LefaiverPrimary Contributor: Divine
Primary Contributor: David Lochary
Primary Contributor: Mary Vivian Pearce
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 206 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-02
Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Studio: New Line Home Video
DVD Reviews of John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble
DVD Review: Pink Flamingos
Summary: 4 Stars
Think of the worst perversions and crimes against humanity you can. No, think harder. Now assume they're all in this movie.
It's the type of movie that you don't want your mother to know you even know the name of it. The kind of movie that some uptight video store salesman will give you "the look" when you ask for it. It's the type of movie that makes me hope nobody I know sees this positive review.
But it's very darn funny if you can see humor in some of the worst, most disgusting and vile things John Waters can imagine.
I know I've laughed hard each and every time I've watched it.
DVD Review: I Told YOU CHACHA HEELS-BLACK ONES!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to John Waters during my first year at NMSU and was immediately addicted to everything Divine and John Waters! to think this stuff was allowed to make it on film during the 1970's is quite something. John Waters loves to push the envelope and not take himeslf seriously at all. This is what makes his films so insane, delicious, campy and without a doubt NUTS! Pink Flamigos is that wild tale of The Filthiest People Alive and the lives of thos who hate them with a burning jealousy. Divine stars as well, Divine the undisputed queen of all this filth since this is her title and motto. She lives in a trailer home with her retarded mother, Crackers her insane son,and Cotton the traveling blonde companion. They live blissfully together until 2 jalous perverts, Raymond and Connie Marble attempt to steal that title away. Well, this only gets worse and the end result is a totally gross out battle, a disgusting party, a burning trailer, lesbian couples seeking children to adopt and so many insane events to mention. The next film featured here is Female Trouble with Divine as Dawn Davenport, Cookie Muller, Edith Massey,Mink Stole, and the late David Lochary. The premise is not as stomach churning as the PF however, it does have its revolting moments. The story centers on a teenage Dawn Davenport who is upset when her parents failed to give her those much desire cha cha heels for XMAS!!!! As a runaway teen she has no recourse to end up pregnant (with Mink Stole as Taffy)and winding up marrying a heterosexual hairdresser from the Le Lipstick Beauty Salon where she meets the notorios owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dasher!!! these two are hell bent on getting Dawn involved in a life of crime. What is so amazing here is the imagination that it took to dream up such weird and insane stories. There never is a dull moment here folks. But I do promise that you will feel paralyzed by Joh Waters and his legendary cast of Dreamland players. This is the stuff that would wind up on tabloids and really freak you out. This is another must have in your trash cinema collectionDVD Review: It's good to get dirty.
Summary: 5 Stars
These are the dirtiest... and perhaps the funniest films ever made. I first saw Pink Flamingos when I was 14 (!) and I loved it. Female Trouble is the better movie when it comes to storylines, but the outrageousness of Pink Flamingos is unforgettable. Divine's performances are terrible, yet terrific. John Waters really knew what he was doing when it came to these two cinema classics!DVD Review: you MUST have an open mind....and I mean really open...
Summary: 2 Stars
I have yet to understand why Pink Flamingos is probably one of the most popular films of Mr. Waters. Personally, I do not like Pink Flamingos, but I do like Female Trouble (minus the ending-that was just stupid). I would definitely buy the Hairspray/Pecker combo over this one. It's much more enjoyable.DVD Review: "Oh my God Almighty--someone has sent me a bowel movement!"
Summary: 5 Stars
...and that's just one of several dozen memorable lines to be found on these two remastered DVD's from New Line Cinema, who boast on the cover that "we are proud to recycle our trash". And believe me, trash doesn't get any better than this. Though these films are not pristine due to the source material, they have never looked better. The only complaint I can offer is that in several places the subtitles are incorrect on "Female Trouble". Just before we see Aunt Ida and Gator, Dawn says "I wonder if he's a chubby chaser" and the on screen title reads "I wonder if he's a shelley chaser (Huh?). Then, right before Dawn hacks off Aunt Ida's hand, she says "Ida Nelson, I'm gonna chop off your scrawny little paw!" and the subtitle reads "I've had enough, I'm gonna chop off your scrawny little paw". But that's nitpicking--I only had the subtitles on during the time that I was watching the director's commentary on both movies, which were almost as enjoyable as the films themselves. For the poor deprived person who has never had the pleasure of viewing these before, my opinion would be that although "Trouble" starts off a much funnier film, it loses momentum once the "crime is beauty" theory is introduced, which is too bad since the first half hour is brilliantly sick and perverse. "Flamingos" is more consistent, with Mink Stole's "interview" scene at the beginning being a definite highlight. She is very underrated as an actress. If you are looking for camp humor and some harmless sleaze, this double DVD set will perfectly fit the bill and once you have this in your DVD collection you no need longer be a "jealous pervert".
Description of John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble
Pink Flamingos This is the movie that made John Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. Yes, Virginia, a large transvestite actually eats dog feces as a kind of dizzying denouement to this frequently illogical and intentionally disgusting movie, but by the time that happens, you're already numb... and you've possibly laughed to the point of losing bladder control. The plot revolves around two vile families laying claim to the title "The Filthiest People Alive." You've got pregnant women in pits, you've got grown men getting sexual satisfaction from chickens, you've got people licking furniture to perform trailer-park voodoo, and you've got classic lines like: "Oh my God! The couch... it... it rejected you!"Waters, who went on to direct genuine pop-culture classics such as Hairspray and Serial Mom, made this celluloid sideshow with one aim--to make a name for himself. It worked. He does have a genuine eye for filmmaking (when the trailer burns down, you feel the white heat of Divine's pain and anger). On the other hand, you won't notice any disclaimers about stunt doubles and animals not being mistreated. There weren't, and they were. Welcome to the filthiest film in the world. --Grant Balfour
Female Trouble John Waters expands the definition of female trouble in this mutant tribute to good-girl-gone-bad drive-in melodramas. The girl is, of course, cross-dressing cult icon Divine, Waters's plus-sized muse. Divine is at her most gleefully outrageous as teenage brat Dawn Davenport, who runs away from home and into a life of wanton hedonism all because she didn't get cha-cha heels for Christmas. Almost immediately she's molested by a sleazy motorcycle thug (also played by Divine--is this Waters's idea of "love thyself"?), but she doesn't let motherhood interfere with her plans of stardom and turns herself into an unlikely fashion statement in an apocalyptic fashion show. Waters's fourth feature, a follow-up to the midnight movie hit Pink Flamingos, is just as cinematically primitive and even more gleefully vulgar, right down to the electric climax of Dawn's road to everlasting fame.
The DVD also features a commentary track by the always-entertaining John Waters. --Sean Axmaker
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