1981 Directed by John Waters
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
Divine Tab Hunter Edith Massey David Samson Mary Garlington Ken King Mink Stole Joni Ruth White Hans Kramm Stiv Bators Rick Breitenfeld Michael Watson Derek Neal Jean Hill Mary Vivian Pearce Sharon Niesp Cookie Mueller Marina Melin Susan Lowe Tom Diventi George Hulse Tony Parkham Keats Smith George Udell Mrs. Horner
菠萝脂, Полиэстер, 폴리에스터, პოლიესტერი
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if i watched this instead of american beauty back in high school i feel like things would have gone very differently for me
Me: "You know, we've been dating six weeks, and except for one all the movies we've seen together have been John Waters movies."
Him: "I don't see the problem."
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The cannibalistic exterior eating away at its melodramatic insides. A Sirk riff that goes beyond homage and into a dismantling and rebuilding structure of classic melodrama properties. This is a weepie where all the characters are in turmoil except the viewer, who is most likely in hysterics. I know I was. Sublime.
"Coitus Interruptus?"
This film marks a huge turning point for John Waters & the Dreamlanders. Years of pushing boundaries with the filth of their previous films finally paid off, earning them a rather respectable budget & a chance at mainstream success. Waters aimed to "infect a larger audience" with his first R-rated film, & he did just that.
Polyester is a hilarious farce from start to finish. It's a Sirk-satire that takes the piss out of every trope in a melodrama with one ridiculous situation after another. Alcoholism, infidelity, religious zealots, teen pregnancy, a foot stomper(?)—this one has it all. Divine finally gets to live out his dream of being Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Francine Fishpaw. Edith Massey is as charming…
I am kinda glad I didn't have the odorama card. I wouldn't've been able to resist scratching and sniffing it, and I know I would have regretted it. John Waters nails the satire of suburban life, taking his ramped up, twisted, campy look at it and turning it into a weirdly scathing homage.
Another mystery solved in 'Where did that movie sample in a song come from?' This scene can be heard in the beginning of 'Frontier Psychiatrist' by The Avalanches.
Fairfax Cinema screened the new restoration that Criterion just did. Had to see it on the big screen. Looked fantastic. Laughed my ass off like I do every time I watch a Waters film.
Criterion Blu-ray is fantastic. Here are the features:
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary featuring Waters from the 1993 Criterion laserdisc release of the film
- New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
- New program featuring interviews with Waters collaborators Tab Hunter, Dennis Dermody, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, and Greer Yeaton
- Interviews from 1993 with crew members Moran, Peranio, and Van Smith
- Archival…
I think all divorces should entail each spouse driving around the neighborhood and screaming their grievances through a megaphone.
Criterion Collection Spine #995
John Waters swaps out his normal filth for some smelly satirical melodrama in this tame and kinda lame film, that began his transition over to mainstream Hollywood.
"Choose your words with care, and I won't get riled!"
Polyester has many of the usual trimmings of a movie from the Dreamlanders with the bad acting and lewd subject matter. But it is almost not even worth watching without any of the outrageous cringe moments, that made Waters' iconic in the midnight movie circuit. But this would be ideal to watch if you are on the fence about checking out Waters' first couple ultra raunchy movies.
I will let the movie speak for itself in terms of the…
