
A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations).... (Full plot summary below)
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A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations).
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| Chicago TribuneDavid MurrowThe late 300-pound transvestite Divine, John Waters’s most enduring muse, makes his/her first star entrance in this 1969 feature—the first Waters movie to play outside Baltimore—driving a 1959 Eldorado to the strains of “The Girl Can’t Help It.” |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceA dry run for Waters' later outlaw-salvos, a bit of utterly ballsy dissonance, to be seen, heard, felt, suffered through |
| User ReviewBuGG RYou have to know about this movie to appreciate it...you can't just happen to watch it |
| User ReviewThe MOne of the best movies ever! It's silent, but the music tells the story in a hilarious way! |
| User ReviewJennifer SI love this movie but it's kind of early for JW, still great though! I <3 shrimpers! |
| User ReviewC. HSurreal e muito subversivo (quando ainda não era moda o ser no cinema). Pena que não tem diálogos. |
| User ReviewMark GIt's about an hour too long, ridiculous, and utter trash. Classic Waters. Look out for Mary Vivien Pearce with chicken feet. |
| User ReviewEddie DJohn Waters first full length feature, and known to his fans as "the gutter film" (although all of his early works fit that description) because it was in fact filmed in gutters, laundromats, seedy back alleys and various other desolate areas in Baltimore. The story follows a fashion fanatic and her dead hit and run victim through bizarre, perverse, and filthy scenarios including a meeting with a foot fetishist who gives her a "shrimp job" (toe sucking), nude hitchhikers, a laundromat miracle, a mental institution inhabited by topless dancers, and a doctor named Dr. Coat Hanger who performs weird chicken foot grafting operations. Very odd indeed, but classic John Waters in it's execution. The only downfall is the running time. Since the movie has no real dialogue, instead old 50's rock records play over the entire film, it lags in some places. I think the film would have worked better if the length was cut in half. But with that being said it's still a fun watch and a must see for hardcore John Waters fans. |
| User ReviewDiana RSólo John Waters podÃa hacer una pelÃcula tan provocativa, bizarra, descabellada e irreverente, la cual es su primer largometraje y ya nos muestra lo que es capaz de crear. Y nadie mejor que Divine para estelarizarla, los primeros pasos de la reina travesti del underground. Toda una joya exótica. |
| User Reviewralphieboy333This movie is delightfully strange, while it is anything but astray of Waters normal dose of trash, it is a little lighter than some of his other films. Mondo Trasho isn't really a silent movie but it might as well be, with a great soundtrack and really interesting expiremental cinematography, this movie is a must see. |