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Eat Your Makeup (1968)

Eat Your Makeup poster
Directed by
John Waters
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
41 min
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short comedy film from John Waters early in his career. A group of odd characters get into strange situations.

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What happens

Eat Your Makeup is a 1968 short film directed by John Waters, starring Marina Melin, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Howard Gruber, and Maelcum Soul. It was John Waters' first film production to be shot on 16mm film; his prior films were shot on 8mm stock. The film has never been shown commercially, or released on home video. However, since 2004, it has been screened occasionally as part of various John Waters touring art exhibitions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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