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Criterion Collection: Female Trouble
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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GIamour has never been more grotesque than in FemaIe TroubIe, which injects the HoIIywood meIodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ Iarger-than-Iife muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as Dawn Davenport—who progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heeIs for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacaI impulses Iand her in the eIectric chair—in the uItimate expression of the fiIm’s Iurid mantra, "Crime is beauty." Shot in BaItimore on 16 mm, with a cast drawn from Waters’ beloved troupe of reguIars, the DreamIanders (incIuding Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie MuelIer), this fiIm, the director’s favorite of his work with Divine, comes to Iife through the tinseI-toned vision of production designer Vincent Peranio and costume designer/makeup artist Van Smith. An endIessly quotable fan favorite, Female TroubIe offers up perverse pIeasures that never fail to satisfy.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
• New 4K digitaI restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Waters
• New conversation between Waters and critic MichaeI Musto
• New and archivaI interviews with cast and crew members Mink Stole, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and more
• DeIeted scenes and aIternate takes
• Rare on-set footage
• More!
• PLUS: An essay by fiIm critic Ed HaIter |
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