Mondo Trasho
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| Mondo Trasho | |
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| Directed by | John Waters |
| Produced by | John Waters |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Starring | Mary Vivian Pearce Divine David Lochary Mink Stole |
| Cinematography | John Waters |
| Editing by | John Waters |
| Release date(s) | 1969 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Mondo Trasho is a 1969 16 mm black-and-white film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary and Mink Stole. It contains no dialogue: the soundtrack is entirely musical (except for Divine's brief monologue).
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[edit] Plot
After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blond heroine Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus and reading Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon. She is later seduced by a perverted "shrimper," hit by a car driven by Divine and visited by a vision of the Virgin Mary in a laundromat (during which Divine exclaims, "Oh Mary ... teach me to be Divine") and is forced to hear women gossip about her ("I think she's a Hair Hopper ... she looks like a Rimmer") amongst other terribly dramatic and trashy situations.
[edit] Legal issues
Waters was almost arrested during the film's production for illegally shooting a scene involving a nude hitchhiker on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, but the cast and crew managed to escape before the police arrived.
[edit] Title
The film's title refers to a series of semi-related quasi-documentary films that were popular during the 1960s: Mondo Cane, Mondo Freudo, Mondo Bizarro, etc. The title also pays tribute to Mondo Topless, a film by one of Water's favorite directors, Russ Meyer.
[edit] External links
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket • Roman Candles • Eat Your Makeup • Mondo Trasho • The Diane Linkletter Story • Multiple Maniacs • Pink Flamingos • Female Trouble • Desperate Living • Polyester • Hairspray • Cry-Baby • Serial Mom • Pecker • Cecil B. DeMented • A Dirty Shame
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