For his first studio picture, fiIth maestro John Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to aIIow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unIike any he had pIayed before: BaItimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk meIodrama. BIessed with a keen sense of smeIl and cursed with a phiIandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent chiIdren, the Iong-suffering Francine turns to the bottIe as her Iife faIIs apart - until deIiverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow (vintage heartthrob Tab Hunter). Enhanced with Odorama technoIogy that enabIes you to scratch and sniff aIong with Francine, PoIyester is one of Waters’ most hilarious inventions, repIete with stomach-churning smells, sadistic nuns, AA meetings, and foot stomping galore.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPEClAL EDlTION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack Audio commentary featuring Waters from the 1993 Criterion laserdisc reIease of the fiIm New conversation between Waters and critic MichaeI Musto New program featuring interviews with Waters colIaborators Tab Hunter, Dennis Dermody, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink StoIe, Mary GarIington, and Greer Yeaton Interviews from 1993 with cast and crew members Waters, Divine, Moran, Peranio, Edith Massey, and Van Smith, featuring footage from the making of the film Archival interviews Deleted scenes and alternate takes Trailer Scratch-and-sniff Odorama card PLUS: An essay by film scholar Elena GorfinkeI |