Multiple Maniacs
The Easter holiday is a pretext to screen some cult films in their restored versions. Including John Waters' Multiple Maniacs and George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, two films with horrific aspects, made at the turn of the 70s. The program also includes works by Vera Chytilova, David Lynch and Terry Gilliam.
Made on a shoestring budget in Baltimore, with Waters taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show put on by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than-life Divine, who’s out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair. Starring Waters’ beloved regular cast the Dreamlanders (including David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and Cookie Mueller), Multiple Maniacs is an anarchist masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of taste for decades. (Janus films)
John Waters
John Waters is an American filmmaker, actor, and cinema professor. An unconventional filmmaker who breaks down genres with his decidedly trashy cinema, he often highlights strong women in his films. In the early 1970s, he created his most violent films: Pink Flamingos (1972), for which he was fined for obscenity, and Female Trouble (1974), starring the drag queen Divine. Regarded as a cult filmmaker and a prominent figure in underground cinema, Waters gained international recognition with Polyester (1981), the first film in Odorama. He then reached a wider audience with an adaptation of the successful musical, Hairspray (1988), before showcasing Johnny Depp's talent in Cry-Baby (1990). He is also known for cult films such as Serial Mom (1994) and Cecil B. Demented (2000).
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Multiple Maniacs by John Waters
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