Cult Films : the weirdest movie ever made is sweet movie

criterion released it so you know it's a great film.

the whole movie is weird and off and just wrong as far as moral and ethics and taste. it's so sick, demented and perverse. i've watched a lot of weird movies in my life and this is the weirdest and weirder than any other movie i've ever watched. it has 3 scenes that are so strange that it's like you think what?

why did this happen to this character? how is this in a movie, for what reason and how did they allow it to be in a movie? how is this reality? how did they think of this idea and why did they put such a sick thing in a movie? and the whole movie has scenes like this so not just the 3 scenes i mentioned.

it's also very artistic in that things happen that aren't reality they are just actions that represent ideas.

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lukejbarnett

I checked on IMDb, and then looked at part of the trailer, then I had to turn it off. It does look truly strange. On the other hand, have you ever seen Eraserhead?

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👆I like Eraserhead but I haven't seen the whole thing. I need to.

Is your pooter hairy?

That's the way the chicks like it. They love to put their fingers through my hair.

It gets REALLY weird near the end.

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Odd looking movie. I've never seen it but I'll check it out.

https://www.filmboards.com/board/10072235/

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where though? where do you watch movies for free online?

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lukejbarnett

Luke, you can watch it on filmboards. Go to the link I posted.

https://www.filmboards.com/board/10072235/

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i know that's where i watched it just wondering where you go to watch movies online for free other than this website?

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lukejbarnett

I don't know. I always use filmboards.

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well then i'll give you some: tubi tv has free movies uncut, don't have to put your credit card info on there to sign up, also vudu is the same in every way and both are safe websites so they don't hurt your computer by you going there.

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lukejbarnett

Are you still mad?

Some interesting trivia,

Because of her role in the film, Anna Prucnal was exiled from her native Poland for 7 years. The government even denied her a visa to see her dying mother

Crystal, I'm not mad.

But now I have to see this movie, seeing that Poland not only banned the film but banned the actors.

It appears the movie uses "creepiness" as a tool to provoke the viewer. It bizarrely juxtaposes images and acts together which make no sense to make us feel uneasy.

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Cum Here

I saw this monstrosity in the early 90's at an arthouse cinema.

I couldn't believe what I was watching and it was just shock value for the sake of it.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

I saw that movie. It was weird.

It was unusual, but not exactly fun/rauncy/gross/crude in an early John Water's way.

Pink Flamingos - 72' is a bit wrong in many parts, but he honed that aspect in more when he made Female Trouble - 74' and Desperate Living - 77' and focused more on the humorous characterization parts.

I actually struggle to watch PF. Its just not that nice or pleasant and appears a bit too anarchic irresponsible.

Waters got a nice balance going with what was going to be his cheeky/rude offbeat style with Polyester - 81'.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

I love Polyester. It's funny, has great characters, fun sets and is the warmest movie JW has ever made. Who knows where the sweetness came from? Maybe it was a defensive reaction to a certain ugliness that the 80s brought.

I have no idea if that is true or not!

Pink Flamingoes has a few highlights and they ARE highlights. The scene in Babs' trailer receiving a "special delivery package" is hilarious!

"A TURD! OH, A TURD!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FATSO!"

"THE EGGMAN DIDN'T DO IT, BABS! I KNOW THE EGGMAN DIDN'T DO IT"

And my favorite… "OH, I DON'T THINK HE DID, EITHER, MOTHER! NOW SHUT UP AND LET ME THINK!"

Polyester doesn't contain the nastiness of Water's previous entries. Some despicable character behavior, yet so ott and wacky that it wasn't cruel.

The start of the 80's tended to have a somberness place upon it, or even a sense of uncertainty, but it soon glitzed up. The decade doesn't quite have the warm sunshine feel I get from the 70's vibe, but it was interesting nonetheless.

I would even rate Pecker as being even warmer over Polyester. Others may gravitate towards Hairspray and Cry Baby.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

1981 and 1986 are my two favorite years for 80s movies.

The 80s are sometimes referred to as the "me decade", with Reagan economics and "greed is good" mantra. Also there was a definite fallout from the good times hedonism of the 70s, from AIDS to Pauline Kael's insight that "Fatal Attraction" might serve as a warning to married men who couldn't keep it in their pants.

That's interesting that "Pecker" is a warmer movie for you than "Polyester". I like the movie fine. In fact, for my 45th birthday, I went out to dinner with friends and then we went back to a friend's place and I got to pick the movie for the evening and I picked "Pecker". It has charm and it's cute and the timing was right because we all enjoyed ourselves.

Hairspray was a cute movie and I liked it. I can't decide whether it's "Hairspray" or "Polyester" that represents JW's bridge between his trademark shock value and the more mainstream stuff.

My friend worked in a video store in the 80s and he told me about a family renting "Pink Flamingos" solely on the basis that they had loved "Hairspray". Well….

The dad came back alone and returned it a few hours later. Upon rewinding the tape back to the beginning, Doug noticed that the movie had been viewed only part way. The family had made it to "Surfin Bird" and the winking sphincter before deciding that this was not the movie for them!

I have mixed feelings for "Cry Baby:. It does have the JW charm, but it's just a tad dull for me. On the other hand, it boasts one of the most impressively offbeat casts ever.

Joe D'alessandro
Susan Tyrell
Joey Heatherton
Mink Stole
Johnny Depp
Ricki Lake
Iggy Pop
Traci Lords
Patty Hearst
Willem Defoe
Troy Donahue
Mary Vivian Pearce
Susan Lowe, etc

Another thing that tickles me about "Polyester" is Bill Murray crooning the title song and Debbie Harry's "Daddy, Daddy" refrain.

I need to give Cecil B. Demented another chance. I only saw it once and I did not like it. Maybe this time I can watch and just focus on Melanie.

I can't decide whether it's "Hairspray" or "Polyester" that represents JW's bridge between his trademark shock value and the more mainstream stuff.

I'd say from Hairspray - 88'. This was his first PG rated film and while it contained his off-beat and outlandish characters representations and style, it didn't have the crudity of his other films, even Polyester, and had a solid theme about racial segregation and unity.

He couldn't keep making films in his 70's shock-trash, gross out style. Polyester afforded him a little more charm to his proceedings, while still harking back to his earlier efforts.

Cry Baby starts off fine, but I think the main problem with it is the leading girl. I don't like her. It also lacks a bit of energy/dynamic that was very prevalent in Hairspray.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

I don't like her, either. I think her name is Amy Locane and she was the only thing about "Blue Sky" that I didn't like.

She's had a pretty meh! kind of career. Too bland and generic pretty. She wasn't unusual enough and Depp has charisma.

I liked the Willem Dafoe cameo as the prison guard. Cry Baby is fun in pockets. It was Water's first big studio release for Universal and bombed. He went back to more independent distribution after that.

At least he resounded boldly with Serial Mom - 94 and Pecker - 98'. He may have had less creative control over Cry Baby.

Thinking of Pecker with Edward Furlong, have you seen Detroit Rock City - 99'? One of my favorite movie comedies and surprisingly from the 90's.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

It is a critique of Ideology.

I perhaps need to view again and even Water's Pink Flamingos could have the same said of it.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

I have just edited my post, as I was thinking of Waters Pink Flamingos and not Sweet Movie, which your comment was attributed too.

Pleased you enjoyed Desperate Living. There are some good lines and fun interesting characters.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

"Hey stupid! Hey ugly! You got your clothes on backwards!"

LMAO!

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What a hoot! I'd say Massey thoroughly relished playing Queen Carlotta. She was hilarious without even having to try too hard.

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Norman! What did you put in my tea?

She was hilarious without even having to try too hard.
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Yes! And that is the best kind of funny!

Edith was said to have not a mean bone in her body. That is not hard to believe. But she played evil quite well! LOL!

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