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Lev Kalman recommended Female Trouble (1974) in Movies (curated)

 
Female Trouble (1974)
Female Trouble (1974)
1974 | Comedy, Crime
8.0 (4 Ratings)
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"My personal theory is that the Hays Code didn’t just forbid certain behaviors and images, it also subtly suggested the way that they might one day be allowable. Eventually filmmakers and studios figured out it wasn’t so much that you absolutely couldn’t show homosexuality, drug use, prostitution, child abuse, and mass murder. They just couldn’t seem fun. Or even funny. John Waters joyfully violates this deeper unspoken code. That’s why his films, especially Female Trouble, burn with the raw power of a Public Enemy or Baby Face."

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John Cusack recommended Dawn of the Dead (1978) in Movies (curated)

 
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
1978 | Horror
8.5 (30 Ratings)
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"I just think the premise of holding up in a mall… being that prescient about the kind of gated communities, and consumerism, and mixing that with zombies in 1978 is just beyond genius. If you look at, like, John Waters doing Female Trouble in 1974, saying things about crime and beauty and the rise of paparazzi, you know, this kind of crazy Kardashian, TMZ, beauty industry — I mean, as psychotic as that film is, it’s so ahead of the curve. It’s so amazingly looking into the future. So I think those kinds of themes I responded to. And Goblin did the original soundtrack."

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    John Waters

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    John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin moustache, and a...

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Jon Savage recommended Hairspray (1988) in Movies (curated)

 
Hairspray (1988)
Hairspray (1988)
1988 | Classics, Comedy
7.9 (14 Ratings)
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"Again, it's all about the outsider and making the ugly beautiful, which John Waters is very well placed to deal with. It's also about a very particular place, which is Baltimore, and about a particular pop culture moment: the early sixties, just before The Beatles hit, which is a forgotten time and much more interesting than everybody thinks. People often go with that Nik Cohn line that there's nothing interesting before The Beatles, which is absolute bullshit: I love all those songs like 'The Bug' and 'The Madison'. It's got Debbie Harry in it and it's got Divine of course, who's as wonderful as ever. What's not to like? It has a lot of charm and is fascinating on a number of levels."

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