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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780648999
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0780648994
Label: New Line Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: New Line Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 10212
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1981
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Director John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure. His favorite leading lady, transvestite Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who longs for a little romance in her life because her husband and children drive her crazy. Salvation arrives in the form of Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), a drive-in owner who sweeps Francine off her feet (a mean task, given Divine's girth). But he's not all he's cracked up to be. Filmed in the miracle of Odorama, video viewers now have to imagine the scents (actually, odors) that came on the Odorama scratch-and-sniff card during the film's theatrical release. It won't be too hard. --Marshall Fine
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Rating:  - Excellent, Mr. Waters
I love camp, its THE aesthetic for me. And this film is Douglas Sirk on acid. Not as purely absurd or sleazy as John Waters' early trash art, but I think thats the film's grace. Its his first tight, mainstream satire of American cultural illnesses. The first half of the film really makes art out of the depressing Hell that innocent Divine must wade through. It lets up for awhile, and the second half isn't as strong, but its not an unbalanced film or anything. Its great seeing Divine carry a film as a somewhat normal protagonist and flex his acting and amazing presence. I really commend Waters for the stylized direction and soundtrack that brings the film to life, moving away from his previous low-budget cinema verite and oddball pop selections (that we still love so much). If you enjoy 50s melodramas, punk rock, absurdist satires and Odorama, you'll find this is one of John's best.
Rating: - Polyester
I love offbeat movies. This is a low buget John Waters movie. It's a fun watch. It's worth watching the movie again with Water's comments over the film on this DVD. If you like this one, get "Lust in the Dust" also with Tab Hunter and Divine.
Rating: - Cult Classic
I've got the video (have had it for years), now that the flm is out on DVD, I can buy it in this format as well, & it'll be even better as the DVD appears to contain the odorama card which had also been available to audiences of the movie the first time around.
If you enjoy offbeat cult comedies, you'll love this offering from John Waters which stars the late Divine, sexy Tab Hunter. Incredible chemistry between these two who would reunite once again for the film Lust in the Dust, which I also recommend!
Rating: - A cut above for John Waters
I always liked John Waters stuff - this seems to be a cut above...even for Divine.
Rating: - God, how I wish she had lived in Connecticut!
Polyester was probably the first John waters film geared toward a mainstream audience. It worked! Although these days Polyester is something of a cult classic; the movie was originally shown in many cinemas. Mainstream America got its first close-up look at Divine playing Francine Fishpaw; Mink Stole playing Sandra Sullivan, Francine's husband's mistress; and they saw Tab Hunter once again in a role as Todd Tomorrow, a slick guy chasing after Francine.
The action starts from a clever, creative angle: We get a brief introduction by an actor who plays a scientist. He explains to us that we're about to watch a movie in "odorama;" and he shows moviegoers how to scratch and sniff the odorama card when the corresponding numbers light up in the corner of the screen. (Everyone who saw the movie in theaters got an odorama card.) Although this is completely unnecssary for the plot, it somehow makes for a powerful beginning and it encourages audience involvement with the film. THEN we get introduced to the Fishpaw household. Francine, a rather big sized woman (played by Divine) tries hard to keep her family together. That ain't easy: Francine's husband Elmer (David Samson) is fooling around with his secretary (Mink Stole); her pregnant and unwed teenage daughter is running around with junkies (look for Stiv Bators as Bo-Bo Belsinger); and her son loves women's feet so much that he routinely stomps on them and winds up in jail!
Of course, the pressure on Francine is only worsened by ... Read More
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