Pink Flamingos

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"From his childhood puppet shows onwards Waters has thrived on publicity, outrage and exhibitionism. His 1972 underground blockbuster Pink Flamingos posited that millions of people might, no less than the movie's leading lady, willingly eat dog shit to achieve stardom - and perhaps some do."

Sight & Sound Magazine, December 2004

This is just one of the horrible things Devine (the lead role) does in this film to make the spectator feel squimish. Throughout there are other things that really puts the sensitive audience in an uncomfertable position in which you dont know if to laugh or cry

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The Importance of the Cult movie.

A Level Film Studies for WJEC

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'The Birth of a Nation' pushes the boundaries of cinema further.

Bit about Clockwork Orange (was banned by Video Recording Act 1984)

El Topo Research

El Topo is now in Blu-ray. The film that launched midnight movies and was only shown on small time, niche screens.

My Film Choices

Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Victor Fleming

The appeal of Wizard  of Oz as a cult film for children. This was one of my favorite childhood films and has many memories. I want to know how this film, even being very unusual, manages to grab a huge audience. The film was names the most watched motion picture in history by Library of Congress (the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States).

El Topo (1970, Mex.) Alejandro Jodorowsky

Eraserhead (1977) David Lynch

"Finally, I would like to say that Eraserhead is a cult-favorite for a reason; it continuously weaves its way into darker and darker environments and we’re forced to tag along. The reality derived from the simplistic aspects of this movie really puts us into Jack Nance’s shoes, as the emptiness around him slowly consumes his very being."

http://www.soundonsight.org/myles-of-footage-eraserhead/

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) Alan Parker

Pink Flamingos (1972) John Waters

I want to know why people, including me like watching a film that almost makes them sick! The idea of 'film' is to provoke a reaction to the spectator. And in what better way then to gross out the audience, there is definitely a strong reaction but maybe too hectic for some. There is also the concept that these types of films are humorous in a really dark way, and when watching these films the story is so surreal and out of this world that there is no point in taking it seriously.

Performance (1970) Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg