Session #405 - Female Trouble
Schedule
Wed Dec 11 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Alamo Drafthouse DC Area (Ashburn) | Ashburn, VA
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Trailer:Tickets: https://drafthouse.com/northern-virginia/event/film-club-female-trouble
A HIGH POINT IN LOW TASTE
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 impulses land her in the electric chair. Shot in Waters’ native Baltimore on 16mm, 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.
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Where is it happening?
Alamo Drafthouse DC Area (Ashburn), 20575 Easthampton Plz, Ashburn, VA 20147-5910, United States,Ashburn, VirginiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: