Eat Your Makeup
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It was John Waters' first film production to be shot on 16mm film; his prior films were shot on 8mm stock.[2]
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.[3]
Plot
A deranged nanny (Maelcum Soul) kidnaps young girls and forces them to model themselves to death in front of her boyfriend (David Lochary) and their crazed friends. Highlights include one of the spectators (Divine) fantasizing that he is Jackie Kennedy and reliving the JFK assassination in his mind,[4] and a starving model clawing her way up a sand dune while crying out.
Cast
- Lizzy Temple Black as Girl Scout
- Maelcum Soul as Governess
- David Lochary as Governess' boyfriend
- Divine as Jackie Kennedy
- Howard Gruber as John F. Kennedy
- George Figgs as Prince Charming
- Marina Melin as Head kidnapped model
- Berenica Cipcus as Starving Model on Sand Dune
- Mona Montgomery as Kidnapped model
- Mary Vivian Pearce as Kidnapped model
- Bob Skidmore as Spectator
- Margie Skidmore as Spectator
- Ben Syfu as Spectator
- Otts Munderloh as the Chauffeur
- John Waters
Release
The film was originally only released in a church basement but has been screened occasionally at Waters' art exhibits through the years.[5]
See also
References
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- American black-and-white films
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- 1968 comedy films
- 1968 short films
- Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
- Cultural depictions of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- American comedy short films
- 1960s English-language films
- 1968 American films
- Films produced by John Waters
- Films with screenplays by John Waters
- Cross-dressing in American films
- English-language short films