The film so controversial it was banned in four different countries - and you're bound to recognise the director
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There is a film so controversial that it has been banned in four countries - and you're bound to recognise its director.
Pink Flamingos, a surrealist black comedy movie, first hit the big screen in 1972.
The blockbuster follows the life of drag queen Divine (played by Divine, real name Harris Glenn Milstead) who pretends to be someone called Babs Johnson, after taking part in some very illicit activities.
IMDB's synopsis reads: 'Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".'
Throughout the film she performs a number of acts that are very shocking, including killing people, eating dog faeces and taking part in an incestuous sex act with her son.
The film also includes bestiality (sex between a human and animal) and necrophilia (sex between a human and dead person) too.
There is a film out there that is so controversial that it has been banned in four countries - but you're bound to recognise the director
Pink Flamingos, a surrealist black comedy movie, hit the big screen in 1972
It caused such a shock among viewers that it was banned in four countries.
These include Switzerland, Australia, Canada and Norway.
Pink Flamingos stars Divine as Divine/Babs Johnson, David Lochary as Raymond Marble, May Vivian Pearce as Cotton, Mink Stole as Connie Marble, Danny Mills as Crackers and Edith Massey as Edie.
Despite the negativity surrounding the movie, it has received 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson said: 'Of course, every battle in their filth war is quite obviously filtered through John Waters’s legendarily up-is-down, wrong-is-right sense of humor.'
Miami Herlad's Rene Rodriquez: 'Talk about an unlikely classic.'
'Twenty-five years after Pink Flamingos was first unleashed, the film has lost none of its danger, its wit, its psychotic exuberance,' wrote Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman.
Variety said: 'One of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made.'
Pink Flamingo stars Divine as Divine/Babs Johnson (pictured), David Lochary as Raymond Marble, May Vivian Pearce as Cotton, Mink Stole as Connie Marble, Danny Mills as Crackers and Edith Massey as Edie.
Old School Reviews writer John A. Nesbit's added: 'Waters demonstrates visual talent and entertains.'
And you probably recognise the director behind the film as it was directed, written and produced by John Waters, 79.
The filmmaker has created a number of popular films over the years.
Some include Hairspray, Cry-Baby, A Dirty Shame, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Pecker and Polyester.
Other more recent movies include Seed of Chucky, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, Magnus and Tab Hunter Confidential.
Speaking about how uproar the movie caused in the 70s, John told Vogue in 2022: 'It feels great to see that my stuff is still resonating all these years later.
'I’m still finding ways to corrupt a whole new generation!'
Despite the negativity, the director confessed that he knew it would be a 'hit'.
He added to the publication: 'I knew it would be a hit after I saw it at the premiere.
'Everyone reacted and laughed at all the right moments, and I always knew it could be a hit if the right people saw it.
'But it was quite a struggle between the premiere and Pink Flamingos finally opening in New York City two years later.'
