Mondo Trasho
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| Mondo Trasho | |
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| Directed by | John Waters |
| Produced by | John Waters |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Starring | Mary Vivian Pearce Divine David Lochary Mink Stole |
| Cinematography | John Waters |
| Editing by | John Waters |
| Distributed by | Dreamland |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 1969 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Mondo Trasho is a 1969 16mm black-and-white film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary and Mink Stole. It contains very little dialogue, the story being told mostly through musical cues.
Waters was almost arrested during the film's production for illegally shooting a scene involving a nude hitchhiker on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. According to John Waters in This Filthy World, everyone was arrested except Divine.
The film's title refers to a series of semi-related quasi-documentary films that were popular during the 1960s: Mondo Cane, Mondo Freudo, Mondo Bizarro, etc. The title also pays tribute to Mondo Topless, a film by one of Waters' favorite directors, Russ Meyer.
[edit] Plot
After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blond bombshell Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus and reading Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon. She is later seduced by a "shrimper" (foot fetishist), then hit by a car driven by Divine, who places her in the car and drives distractedly around Baltimore experiencing bizarre situations, such as repeated visits by the Mother Mary (during which Divine exclaims, "Oh Mary ... teach me to be Divine"). Divine finally takes the unconscious Bombshell to Dr. Coathanger (David Lochary), who amputates her feet and replaces them with bird-like monster feet which she can tap together to transport herself around Baltimore.
[edit] Cast
- Mary Vivian Pearce as The Bombshell / Cinderella
- Divine as Divine / Greaser in Alley
- David Lochary as Asylum Inmate / Dr. Coathanger / Voice of Snob #2
- Mink Stole as Homeless Woman / Asylum Inmate / Snob #1
- Bob Skidmore as Asylum Personnel / Policeman
- Margie Skidmore as Shocked Mother in Park / The Virgin Mary
- Berenica Cipcus as Evil Stepsister #1 / Asylum Inmate / Dr. Coathanger's Nurse
- Chris Atkinson*Lizzy Temple Black as The Virgin Mary's Assistant
- Mark Isherwood as The Hitchhiker
- George Figgs as Asylum Inmate / Man in Waiting Room
- Susan Lowe as Asylum Inmate
- Marina Melin as Asylum Inmate
- Rick Morrow as News Photographer
- Mimi Lochary as Snob #2
- John Leisenring as The Shrimper / Prince Charming / Asylum Inmate
- Hank Hirschmann as Extra
- Pat Moran as Dr. Coathanger's Secretary
- Bob Walsh as Shocked Laundromat Patron
- John Waters as Reporter (voice)
- Patricia Waters as Little Girl
- Tricia Waters as Little Girl
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