Washington Psychotronic Film Society: Crime Wave

June 22, Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents surreal scriptwriter comedy CRIME WAVE (1985) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), trailer:

WPFS has the big time movie exhibition racket pretty well sewed up

• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos

• 7pm: CRIME WAVE (1985, Canada, 80m), aka THE BIG CRIME WAVE

Written by, directed by, produced by and starring 

JOHN PAIZS

The Greatest Color Crime Movie EVER!—If only it had a second act. A little girl meets a silent, frustrated writer and sends him to a most unusual doctor.

poster: https://i.imgur.com/rZS3781.jpg

large poster: https://i.imgur.com/ZJfFJsM.jpg

No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).

https://www.cashiersducinemart.com/details/issue-9/article-173/tragically-obscure-john-paizs's-crimewave

https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2011/07/episode-20-crime-wave.html

https://houseofselfindulgence.blogspot.com/2010/01/crime-wave-john-paizs-1985.html

https://366weirdmovies.com/314-crime-wave-1985/

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/CrimeWave

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/discovering-john-paizs-lost-comic-gem-crime-wave

https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781442616172

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