Polyester (Blu-ray) R
Filmed in ODORAMA
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 17, 2019
- Originally Released: 1981
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Divine & Tab Hunter | |
Performer: | Mink Stole, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Jean Hill, Ken King, Stiv Bators, Cookie Mueller & Edith Massey | |
Directed by | John Waters | |
Edited by | Charles Roggero | |
Screenwriting by | John Waters | |
Composition by | Michael Kamen | |
Produced by | John Waters | |
Director of Photography: | David Insley | |
Executive Production by | Robert Shaye |
Entertainment Reviews:
...A fitfully amusing comedy of not so ordinary people...
Variety
Rating: B --
Stinks in all the right ways.
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Lessons of Darkness
Rating: 3/5 --
Falls apart in the end.
Filmcritic.com
Rating: 91/100 --
Polyester may be one of the few times when Waters tried to expand his cinematic language at the expense of his usual verbal variety
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DVD Verdict
Rating: 3/4 --
Waters' humor might be as broad as possible in Polyester, but it's also astute enough here to be funny from moment to moment.
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MovieMartyr.com
Polyester is definitely one of Waters's best films, and I highly recommend attending an 'Odorama' screening for a unique night at the movies.
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Electric Sheep
The story is brilliant and has an authentic sense of humor. However, it declines as it develops because of its repetitiveness. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Product Description:
Francine Fishpaw (Divine) is a troubled housewife trapped in suburban Baltimore. Her household is a disaster--her husband is the philandering proprietor of a sleazy movie theater, her daughter performs lewd dances in her high school cafeteria for money, her son is a predatory foot fetishist, and the family pet is suicidal. After she hits alcoholic rock bottom, along comes Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), a dreamboat who runs an art-house drive-in theater. But is he really as angelic as he seems' Francine may require the help of her eccentric nouveau riche best friend, Cuddles (Edith Massey), to discover the truth.
Inspired by soap operas and weepy 1950s melodramas, John Waters combines the conventions of that genre (soft lighting, teary organ music) with William Castle-like gimmickry for what was, upon its release, his most polished, biggest budgeted film. The original theatrical release was presented in Odorama--an innovative technique that allowed the audience to smell the movie with the aid of a scented card featuring the same scents Francine picks up with her overactive olfactory powers. Divine gives yet another wonderful comedic performance, and '50s idol Hunter proves that he's game for anything.
Inspired by soap operas and weepy 1950s melodramas, John Waters combines the conventions of that genre (soft lighting, teary organ music) with William Castle-like gimmickry for what was, upon its release, his most polished, biggest budgeted film. The original theatrical release was presented in Odorama--an innovative technique that allowed the audience to smell the movie with the aid of a scented card featuring the same scents Francine picks up with her overactive olfactory powers. Divine gives yet another wonderful comedic performance, and '50s idol Hunter proves that he's game for anything.
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- Sales Rank: 106,557
- UPC: 715515234818
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