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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 Trouble, which injects the HoIIywood meIodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ Iarger-than-Iife muse, enguIfs 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 impuIses land her in the electric chair—in the ultimate expression of the film’s lurid mantra, "Crime is beauty." Shot in Baltimore on 16 mm, with a cast drawn from Waters’ beIoved troupe of reguIars, the Dreamlanders (including Mink StoIe, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie MueIIer), this film, 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 Trouble offers up perverse pleasures that never fail to satisfy.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
• New 4K digitaI restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monauraI 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 alternate takes
• Rare on-set footage
• More!
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Ed Halter |
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