JohnWaters &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:JohnWaters @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:02:14 +0200 Polyester (John Waters, 1981) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/polyester-1981 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Polyester (John Waters, 1981)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Polyester (1981)/div div class="caption" Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) in wild ecstasy. The scene appears to evoke a moment of passion between Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) and Flora Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968). DP: Dave Insley./div div class="txt" "Purr Francine! Purr, purr Francine!" ### – Cuddles Kovinsky\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #JohnWaters #Divine #TabHunter #EdithMassey #MinkStole #StivBators #CookieMueller #MichaelKamen #DaveInsley #comedy #crime #melodrama #USA #1980s ★★½/div /section ]]>

Polyester (John Waters, 1981)

Nov

10

Polyester (1981)

Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) in wild ecstasy. The scene appears to evoke a moment of passion between Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) and Flora Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968). DP: Dave Insley.

“Purr Francine! Purr, purr Francine!”

– Cuddles Kovinsky

#FilmDuJour #November #JohnWaters #Divine #TabHunter #EdithMassey #MinkStole #StivBators #CookieMueller #MichaelKamen #DaveInsley #comedy #crime #melodrama #USA #1980s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/polyester-1981 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/where-the-boys-are-1960 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin, 1960)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" Legal Drinking Age Day/div div class="img" Where the Boys Are (1960)/div div class="caption" While chatting up TV Thompson (Jim Hutton), Tuggle Carpenter (Paula Prentiss) presents a fake ID to prove that with her “25” years of age she's old enough to drink. The ID also states that despite her 5'10” (1,78m) frame, she's a petite 5'2” (1,57m). DP: Robert J. Bronner./div div class="txt" ##### Where the Boys Are is chock-full of characters whose names appear to be straight space-travel-lifted from various #JohnWaters' movies: Tuggle Carpenter! TV Thompson! Lola Fandango! Dr. Raunch for Chrissakes!\ "The boys come to soak up the sun, and a few carloads of beer. The girls come, very simply, because this is where the boys are." ### – narrator\ ##### We follow four female midwestern college students on #SpringBreak in Fort Lauderdale. Their objective is boys boys boys (and an even tan) and nothing, including being too young to drink, can stop them. This was one of the first post-Hayes Hollywood movies to address teenage sex yet despite all the innuendo (“What's your shoe size?” “13.” “Get in the car!”), it's all pretty clean. But without these girls, there wouldn't be any Dawn Davenport. And that would've ruined everybody's Christmas./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #LegalDrinkingAgeDay #HenryLevin #GlendonSwarthout #GeorgeHamilton #YvetteMimieux #JimHutton #PaulaPrentiss #ConnieFrancis #GeorgeStoll #RobertJBronner #ComingOfAge #teensploitation #BookAdaptation #comedy #drama #romance #FortLauderdale #Florida #USA #1960s/div /section ]]>

Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin, 1960)

Jul

21

Where the Boys Are (1960)

While chatting up TV Thompson (Jim Hutton), Tuggle Carpenter (Paula Prentiss) presents a fake ID to prove that with her “25” years of age she's old enough to drink. The ID also states that despite her 5'10” (1,78m) frame, she's a petite 5'2” (1,57m). DP: Robert J. Bronner.

Where the Boys Are is chock-full of characters whose names appear to be straight space-travel-lifted from various #JohnWaters' movies: Tuggle Carpenter! TV Thompson! Lola Fandango! Dr. Raunch for Chrissakes!

“The boys come to soak up the sun, and a few carloads of beer. The girls come, very simply, because this is where the boys are.”

– narrator

We follow four female midwestern college students on #SpringBreak in Fort Lauderdale. Their objective is boys boys boys (and an even tan) and nothing, including being too young to drink, can stop them. This was one of the first post-Hayes Hollywood movies to address teenage sex yet despite all the innuendo (“What's your shoe size?” “13.” “Get in the car!”), it's all pretty clean. But without these girls, there wouldn't be any Dawn Davenport. And that would've ruined everybody's Christmas.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #LegalDrinkingAgeDay #HenryLevin #GlendonSwarthout #GeorgeHamilton #YvetteMimieux #JimHutton #PaulaPrentiss #ConnieFrancis #GeorgeStoll #RobertJBronner #ComingOfAge #teensploitation #BookAdaptation #comedy #drama #romance #FortLauderdale #Florida #USA #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/where-the-boys-are-1960 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:13:59 +0200 Desperate Living (1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/desperate-living-1977 <![CDATA[Desperate Living (1977) Desperate Living (1977) ### March 1: someone pays a compliment on #WorldComplimentDay Desperate Living (John Waters, 1977) Peggy Gravel: Peggy is about to die from being shot up the ass by Mole. You're so low you make white trash look positively top drawer! Mole McHenry: Oh, blow it out your ass! #Bales2023FilmChallenge #JohnWaters #LizRenay #MinkStole #SusanLowe #EdithMassey #crime #comedy #USA #1970s ★★★½ todo]]> Desperate Living (1977)

Desperate Living (1977)

March 1: someone pays a compliment on #WorldComplimentDay

Desperate Living (John Waters, 1977)

Peggy Gravel: Peggy is about to die from being shot up the ass by Mole. You're so low you make white trash look positively top drawer! Mole McHenry: Oh, blow it out your ass!

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #JohnWaters #LizRenay #MinkStole #SusanLowe #EdithMassey #crime #comedy #USA #1970s ★★★½

#todo

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