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Criterion Collection: Female Trouble
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Glamour has never been more grotesque than in Female TroubIe, which injects the Hollywood meIodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as Dawn Davenport—who progresses from a teenage nightmare helI-bent on getting cha-cha heeIs for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal 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 regulars, the Dreamlanders (including Mink StoIe, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie MueIler), this film, the director’s favorite of his work with Divine, comes to life through the tinseI-toned vision of production designer Vincent Peranio and costume designer/makeup artist Van Smith. An endIessIy quotabIe fan favorite, Female TroubIe offers up perverse pIeasures that never faiI to satisfy.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITlON FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack
• Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Waters
• New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
• New and archival interviews with cast and crew members Mink StoIe, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and more
• Deleted scenes and alternate takes
• Rare on-set footage
• More!
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Ed Halter |
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