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| Roman Candles | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | John Waters |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Produced by | John Waters |
| Starring | Divine Maelcum Soul David Lochary |
| Cinematography | John Waters |
| Edited by | John Waters |
| Music by | John Waters |
| Distributed by | Dreamland |
Release date |
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Running time | 40 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Roman Candles is a 1966short film directed byJohn Waters and starringDivine,Mary Vivian Pearce,David Lochary,Mink Stole, andMaelcum 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. But as of current, no bootlegs or recordings of the film have surfaced.
The movie features random scenes of Maelcum Soul innun 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 withLee Harvey Oswald's mother, and tune by theShangri-Las.
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