Pink Flamingos

Finally, I’ve seen this. Yup, it was every bit disgusting as I’d heard. I had heard quite a bit about this before I saw it, but never any mention of the plot. So, in case you’re curious… It’s about a struggle between two parties of people to be called the “filthiest person alive”. Group 1 is a couple who lives in the city and makes money by selling the babies born to women who are chained-up in their basement. Group 2 is headed by “Divine”. They live in a trailer in the woods and keep their egg-addicited scantly-clad fat grandma in a playpen. Both groups go through a number of acts to prove how filthy they are. The movie includes depictions of stuff like: sex with a decapitated chicken, masturbation, oral sex, Divine eating dog poop, full nudity, people licking feet and furniture, drool, public exposure, public urination, murder, arson, rape, and bad haircuts. The movie’s production value is about as low as humanly possible, but that’s part of the appeal I guess. It’s definately an offensive movie through and through… (just like I’d expected!) so be warned if you decide to see it.

 

Pecker

John Waters does…. a John Waters movie. I don’t know whether these movies are good or just a bunch of crap. I suppose they’re their own genre, so what can I say? This one is a little more “normal” than most John Waters movies, but it has the same elements: a straightforward although wacko story, overblown (intentionally?) characters, homosexual overtones… My favorite scene in the movie was the “teabag incident” at the very end. The one character gets his teabag, everyone stops for just an instant… looking for a reaction, then they all start dancing/partying again all at once. A brilliant 5 seconds of film.