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Roman Candles
Original film poster
Directed by John Waters
Written byJohn Waters
Produced byJohn Waters
Starring Divine
Maelcum Soul
David Lochary
CinematographyJohn Waters
Edited byJohn Waters
Music byJohn Waters
Distributed by Dreamland
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
40 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Roman Candles is a 1966 short film directed by John Waters and starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Mink Stole, and Maelcum Soul. [1] [2]

The film was shown "triple projected" on three 8mm projectors running simultaneously but was never released commercially. However, since 2004 it has been screened occasionally as part of various John Waters touring art exhibitions.

Plot

The movie features random scenes of Maelcum Soul in nun habit drag, a priest drinking a beer, a woman being attacked with an electric fan, a drag queen riding a motorcycle, and Divine playing hide and seek. The soundtrack is played back from tape in the room during the screening, and includes radio advertisements, rock songs, a press conference with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, and tune by the Shangri-Las.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roman Candles". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  2. ^ "It isn't Very Pretty The Complete Films of John Waters" (PDF) (Press release). bfi. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman Candles
Original film poster
Directed by John Waters
Written byJohn Waters
Produced byJohn Waters
Starring Divine
Maelcum Soul
David Lochary
CinematographyJohn Waters
Edited byJohn Waters
Music byJohn Waters
Distributed by Dreamland
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
40 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Roman Candles is a 1966 short film directed by John Waters and starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Mink Stole, and Maelcum Soul. [1] [2]

The film was shown "triple projected" on three 8mm projectors running simultaneously but was never released commercially. However, since 2004 it has been screened occasionally as part of various John Waters touring art exhibitions.

Plot

The movie features random scenes of Maelcum Soul in nun habit drag, a priest drinking a beer, a woman being attacked with an electric fan, a drag queen riding a motorcycle, and Divine playing hide and seek. The soundtrack is played back from tape in the room during the screening, and includes radio advertisements, rock songs, a press conference with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, and tune by the Shangri-Las.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roman Candles". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  2. ^ "It isn't Very Pretty The Complete Films of John Waters" (PDF) (Press release). bfi. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

External links



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