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Summary: "I'd like to report a lewd and disorderly party."
Review: I'm a John Waters fan. I love his films, and to me, one of the very best things about a Waters film is the dialogue. Those funny lines come fast and furiously. Sometimes I'm so busy laughing at one line, that I miss the next one. The book "Trash Trio" is the answer for me. Here in print--at last--are the immortal scripts of "Pink Flamingos", "Desperate Living" and "Flamingos Forever." The latter script is especially valuable, for as fans know all too well, "Flamingos Forever" was never made (sob). But now there is no reason to mourn--for here I can drool over every nasty word to my heart's content. In fact, I've highlighted my favourite lines and plan to memorize them for special occasions. Included in the book are--not one--but TWO--yes, let's count them people--TWO introductions by the master himself--John Waters. One introduction was written in 1996, and the other was written in 1998. Waters mulls over the cast for a remake of "Pink Flamingos", and he also explains why he never made "Flamingos Forever." Each of the scripts contains a cast list, and scene directions--along with treasured photographs of the many memorable moments from each film. As much as this pains me to admit it, John Waters is not for everyone--but for Waters fans, this book brings hours of enjoyment and many filthy memories. Now I have no excuse to forget these immortal words:
"Filth is my politics, filth is my life!"
"Tell her this isn't some communist day-care centre."
"After Divine is humiliated and destroyed, Maryland will be ours!"
"She'll be a heroine--even to non-filthy people." Displacedhuman
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Summary: I LOVE WATERS
Review: John Waters is a great artist, and I mean artist, because he's created things no one else had, and probably never would!!!! this book also gives un an insite on the sequal to a cult hit PINK FLAMINGOS, and while not has good as FLAMINGOS, it's still funnier than most, and it's obvious he wrote some parts far MS.HILL, who was one of the stars of DESPRATE LIVING, also a script in this GREAT BOOK. I beg anybody who likes any type of film, no matter what it may be to get this book, because you'll never ever look at ANY movie the same!!!!
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Summary: Trash at its Best
Review: John Waters may very well be one of the most hilarious and
entertaining filmakers of our time. His quest for beauty
in the trash heaps can always put a smile on your face. Some
folks may find themselves becoming offended by Waters' offbeat
sense of humor, but it's all in good(or bad) taste. The screenplays
for two of his most notorious films, "Pink Flamingos" and
"Desperate Living", are at last available for a fun read. You
can recapture some of his terrific dialogue and grasp a
tighter sense on the humor the he tries to push. The real treat
here is the screenplay for the unmade sequel to "Pink Flamingos"
called "Flamingos Forever". Unfortunately, this will never be made because the majority of the first film's stars have now passed on and Waters' feels those shoes could never be filled by anyone
else. Don't be thrown off by it's title, "Trash Trio" is definately a terrific excursion into bad taste.
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Summary: Wow! All The Trashy Depravity My Sick Little Heart Desires!
Review: Reading these screenplays was more fun than watching the movies, as I could picture the filth in a more vivid way than is possible to portray on Waters' low budget. The happenings in these plays are so utterly outrageous the sheer force of their sleazyness is more overwhelming than "art". What perverse genius! I am reduced to babblesome blandness beside it. I love it more than my own haircolor, the sound of dogs dying & of babies crying--more than my own filthyness even. Gush gush gush gush gush gush gush...
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Summary: A must for the trashoisie
Review: Waters's early work is hilarious, and the book is a surprisingly good read despite the egregious absence of Waters's best flick, "Female Trouble."
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Summary: A must for the trashoisie
Review: Waters's early work is hilarious, and the book is a surprisingly good read despite the egregious absence of Waters's best flick, "Female Trouble."
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Summary: One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure!
Review: What a treat it is to read three screenplays written by the great director, John Waters. "Pink Flamingos" proved that a cult classic could be created on an extremely limited budget. The actors were uniquely talented and the characters they portrayed unforgettable. Now that the demented dialog they spoke is on the printed page, one can savor every word. I particularly enjoyed the pledges of undying love spoken by Raymond and Connie Marble. CONNIE: "Oh, I love you Raymond! I love you more than anything in the whole world. I love you even more than my own filthiness, more than my hair color. Oh God, I love you more than the sound of bones breaking, the sound of the death rattle..." RAYMOND: "And I, Connie, also love you more than anything I could imagine - more than my hair color, more than the sound of babies crying, dogs dying, even more than the thought of original sin itself. I am yours, Connie, eternally united to you through an invisible cord of finely woven filth that even God Himself could never, ever break." "Desperate Living" is a modern day fairy tale in which an obese maid accidentally kills the husband of the neurotic socialite she works for. Rather than face a trial and possible prison time, they escape to a bizarre village in the forest known as Mortville. In the book, John Waters vividly describes the place and its residents. "Everything is made out of trash and garbage, including the houses. Hideous bums, perverts and psychopaths walk the street as...leather-clad Goons patrol the street harassing the pitiful citizens. In the distance we see a fairy-tale castle." Queen Carlotta is a ruthless monarch, living in opulent splendor while her squalid subjects starve. The power of the printed word was such that, immediately after reading that screenplay, I had to watch the movie again. The real treasure in this trash trio is the screenplay for "Flamingos Forever," the never filmed sequel to "Pink Flamingos." The action takes place fifteen years after the end of the previous story. Babs Johnson, Crackers, Cotton and Edie the Egg Lady return to Baltimore as the Divine leaders of a filth cult. The late Connie Marble's sister, Vera, is married to Wilbur Venninger, a necrophiliac who owns a funeral home. The Venningers kidnap young children and force them to drink, smoke and shoot heroin. Vera claims to be the filthiest person alive, and sees Babs Johnson as the biggest threat to her title. Vera Venninger's rivalry with, seeming victory over and ultimate defeat to Babs comprises the rest of the story. What a shame that most of the actors in the original movie had passed away by the time this was written, and the sequel will never be filmed.
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