Desperate Living (1977)
- Directed by
- John Waters
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- NC-17
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 120 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A suburban housewife kills her husband and flees with her maid to Mortville, a lawless shantytown ruled by a cruel queen. The film follows their struggle to survive in a world of outcasts and eccentrics.
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What happens
Desperate Living is a 1977 American black comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters. The film stars Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill. It is the third installment of what Waters has labeled the "Trash Trilogy", which also includes Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974), and the only one without Divine. The film generated a cult following around Renay, who appeared in at least two dozen other films. Following the murder of her husband, a suburban housewife and her maid agree to be exiled to Mortville, a shantytown ruled by a tyrannical queen regnant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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