#929: WATERS, John: Female Trouble (1974)
WATERS, John (United States)
Female Trouble [1974]
Spine #929
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Twenty-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Ed Halter.
Commentary
From 2004 featuring Waters.
Conversation
Between Waters and critic Dennis Lim.
New and archival interviews
With cast and crew members Stole, Moran, Peranio, Lowe Pearce, Taylor, and Smith.
Interview
From 1975 featuring Waters and cast members Divine, Stole and Lochary.
Deleted scenes and alternate takes
Exclusive behind-the-scenes
Documentary footage by Steve Yeager.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Female Trouble [1974]
Spine #929
Blu-ray
Glamour has never been more grotesque than in Female Trouble, which injects the Hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters' larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as Dawn Davenport, the living embodiment of the film's lurid mantra, "Crime is beauty," who progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair. Shot in Waters' native Baltimore on 16 mm, with a cast drawn from his beloved troupe of regulars, the Dreamlanders (including Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie Mueller), this film — the director's favorite of his work with Divine — comes to life through the tinsel-toned vision of production designer Vincent Peranio and costume designer/makeup artist Van Smith. An endlessly quotable fan favorite, Female Trouble offers up perverse pleasures that never fail to satisfy.
97 minutes
Color
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writer
John Waters was 28 when he wrote and directed Female Trouble.
Other Waters films in the Collection:
#863: Multiple Maniacs (1970)
#1131: Pink Flamingos (1972)
#995: Polyester (1981)
The Film
Other Waters films in the Collection:
#863: Multiple Maniacs (1970)
#1131: Pink Flamingos (1972)
#995: Polyester (1981)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twenty-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Ed Halter.
Commentary
From 2004 featuring Waters.
Conversation
Between Waters and critic Dennis Lim.
New and archival interviews
With cast and crew members Stole, Moran, Peranio, Lowe Pearce, Taylor, and Smith.
Interview
From 1975 featuring Waters and cast members Divine, Stole and Lochary.
Deleted scenes and alternate takes
Exclusive behind-the-scenes
Documentary footage by Steve Yeager.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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