Favorite John Waters Film (1 Viewer)

[MarcusUdeh]

I can't seem to pick from Serial Mom or Hairspray

 

[Rich Malloy]

Easy... "Female Trouble". It's Waters' masterpiece and Divine's greatest tour-de-force. There's actually a great deal of thematic depth and true pathos, but all without undermining the trash/exploitation element.

Of his straight, mainstream films, I like "Hairspray". A good flick, but a pale reflection of the perverse glory of his earlier pictures.

 

[Nick Hallett]

Does'nt Divine have sex with him/herself in Female Trouble?

 

[Nicholas Vargo]

"Hairspray" to me is definately the best of all his films, with "Serial Mom" just behind it.

 

[Ben Cloud]

Female Trouble!!!!

 

[David Fisher]

I honestly can't pick a favorite. Polyester was the first Waters film I saw, so it holds a special place... The perversity of Desparate Living certainly appeals to me, though I wouldn't rank it was one of his best.

I have probably viewed Cecil Demented and Pecker more than any of his other works, and I love how they skewer the commercial film and art scenes respectively. Cecil has some of the best lines of his films:

"Power to the people who punish bad cinema."

 

[Ruz-El]

I like Desperate Living.

Probably because it was the first John Waters I saw.

Serial Mom would be a close second.

Hairspray never did much for me, but I do enjoy it.

John Waters is one of those guys whose films I enjoy, but you either get him or you don't.

 

[MarcusUdeh]

Has anyone heard about his new picture with Tracey Ullman? "A Dirty Shame",this picture will be NC-17.

 

[Gabe D]

My faves are Female Trouble and Cry-Baby.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I thought I would bump this thread for anybody who's online right now because if you go to Facebook right now, the Academy is livestreaming a 30th anniversary reunion panel for John Waters and the cast of Hairspray.

 

[TravisR]

To answer the more than decade old original question, Female Trouble or Pink Flamingos.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The Hairspray Q&A is now over but can still be played back on the Academy's Facebook page. It was a half hour long, preceding a screening of the film which is happening now at the Academy's theater, and was really fun and interesting to watch.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Imagine a long piece of string. Hitchcock is at one end and Waters is at the other.