MIDNIGHT MOVIES: FROM THE MARGIN TO THE MAINSTREAM (2005)
December 27th 2008 09:01
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Jack Nance as the embodiment of existential angst in David Lynch's Eraserhead
The film does not introduce much new material, but is content to reminisce about the time when the division between subcultural anarchy and conservative establishment (aka the mainstream) was clearly defined. The reliably eloquent Waters quips that although he does now have his own Broadway show, his sense of humour hasn’t changed – it has just infected everything else….Midnight Movies is not quite as good as Divine Trash (Steve Yeager, 1998), which covers similar territory, but well worth a look, and hopefully bound to introduce a new generation to the perverse pleasures of outrageous cinema from the margins. “Midnight Movies II: from Blade Runner to Buffy and Beyond” just begs to be made though.
Divine in all of her, well, divine glory in Pink Flamingos
A note for the morbidly inquisitive: yes, those poor dead bunnies in El Topo were indeed sacrificed for art – the film was made at a time when furry-friendly regulations were not yet introduced. Oh, and brace yourself – you get to see Tim Curry without his Frank’N’Furter get up.
Review by Patricia Bieszk
© Copyright P. Bieszk 2006
First published in The Pundit, July-August 2006, p. 52.
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