Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681434575, 1681434571
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
General Note
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters; Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Waters; New conversation between Waters and critic Dennis Lim; New and archival interviews with cast and crew members Mink Stole, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, Hilary Taylor, and Van Smith; Interview from 1975 featuring Waters and cast members Divine, Stole, and David Lochary; Deleted scenes and alternate takes; Exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary footage by Steve Yeager; An essay by critic Ed Halter.
Creation/Production Credits
Costumes and makeup by Van Smith ; sets by Vincent Peranio ; editors, Charles Roggero, John Waters.
Participants/Performers
Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Susan Walsh, Michael Potter, Ed Peranio, Paul Swift, George Figgs, Susan Lowe.
Description
"Glamour has never been more grotesque than in Female Trouble, which injects the Hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters' larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as Dawn Davenport, the living embodiment of the film's lurid mantra, 'Crime is beauty, ' who progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impuses land her in the electric chair. Shot in Waters' native Baltimore on 16 mm, with a cast drawn from his beloved troupe of regulars, the Dreamlanders (including Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie Mueller), this film--the director's favorite of his work with Divine--comes to life through the tinsel-toned vision of production designer Vincent Peranio and costume designer/makeup artist Van Smith. An endlessly quotable fan favorite, Female Trouble offers up perverse pleasures that never fail to satisfy"--Container
Target Audience
MPAA rating: NC-17; For Explicit Sexuality And Nudity.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66.1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 1.0.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and the hearing impaired (SDH).