Product Description

Massive success on the festival circuit Raindance Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Edinburgh International Film Festival " All Young people need somebody bad to look up to and i hope i can be that for you tonight. Sort of a filth elder, if you will." - John Waters in This Filthy World An icon of the 20th century, famed for filmes such as Hairspray, Serial Mom, Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby and Polyester, This Filthy World is John Waters' one-man show, a "vaudeville" act thjat celebrates the film career and tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope Of Trash". Focusing in on Waters ' early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fasion lunacy, and the extremes of the contempory art world., this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in the life into a call to arms to " filth followers" everywhere.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12450 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 87 minutes

DVD Description
An icon of the 20th century, famed for films such as Hairspray, Serial Mom, Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby and Polyester, This Filthy World is John Waters’ one-man show, a "vaudeville" act that celebrates the film career and tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash". Focusing in on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to "filth followers" everywhere.

Synopsis
THIS FILTHY WORLD features 'king of bad taste' John Waters in his acclaimed one-man show, filmed over two nights at the Harry De Jur Playhouse in New York.

About the Actor
Creator of Hairspray

Customer Reviews

John Waters does standup - and oh it's funny!!
I had the good fortune to see this at the NFT, and meet Mr Waters afterwards, so perhaps that influences me - but I though this was *really* good!

I only know a couple of his films well (Hairspray, Cecil B Demented) but that didn't matter (I'm aware of Pink Flamingos and Divine, but I'm no big fan) - but this is excellent! You don't need to know all his films - he's just such a good storyteller!

HILARIOUS!
Saw this at the NFT last week and saw john waters live masterclass afterwards which was amazing! i laughed for the full two hours. its part stand up, part documentary, part retrospective but ALL of it is HILARIOUS!

i wont ruin any of the lines in the movie but my favourite in the post movie masterclass was "Myra Hindley got longer just because she didnt have her roots done..." classic waters.

******* amazing
The master of cinematic filth walks the boards to deliver a stand-up routine as impressive as any of his films. As a John Waters fanatic I relished this material; cosily familiar, but hilariously shocking nonetheless. But this will come as no surprise to the initiated as the beast of Baltimore ploughs his crude furrow with a wit as sharp as Divine's costumes. New comers to Waters' Filthy World should also benefit as he provides an engaging and colourful history of his film making career, suffused with on and off screen anecdotes, gracious tributes to various actors (not least the irreplaceable Divine but also Mink Stole) and fellow directors, bawdy accounts of Baltimore nightlife, loveable freaks and outsider humour. If you've only seen Hairspray be cautious of this 18 rated show.