Thursday, May 25, 2017

Three Desperate Living Women

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When I saw that today was the 40th anniversary of Star Wars I remembered that we'd celebrated The Movies of 1977 already in our "Siri Series" and I went to see what other movies would be turning 40 this year and lo behold whaddya know Robert Altman's magnificently strange and unsettling film 3 Women was also released in theaters on this very day, May 25th, in the year 1977. I realize that Star Wars changed the movies, period, and as such should be honored... but I'm more excited to celebrate  3 Women. Let's all watch it tonight!

In other anniversary news John Waters' film Desperate Living was released on May 27th 1977, meaning it turns 40 this weekend. DL's a mixed bag but its opening scenes of Mink Stole having an epic suburban meltdown -- "Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother I hate you!" -- are among the director's greatest, and there's lots of rancid lesbionic fun to be had off in Mortville.
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In order to celebrate Desperate Living we can do better than just re-watching the movie, though -- opening today at the La Mama Galleria gallery here in New York is a show called "Lost Merchandise of the Dreamlanders," which is filled with artist renditions of what movie merch for John Waters' movies would've (should've) looked like - there are apparently action figures and and sheet sets and all kinds of goodies! Hip hip hooray for our collective cheap climaxes!!


2 comments:

Pierce said...

40 years old this year:
Annie Hall
Black Sunday
New York, New York
Julia
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Turning Point
The Goodbye Girl
High Anxiety

Sister Wendy Beckett said...

Wow, I just found this page completely by accident... and I saw it said 3 Desperate Living Women... I just couldn't resist... Those are two of my favourite pictures! Cheers!! ALSO,
Not to crash the party or anything, but if I may just add a couple of titles to what is listed above me (pretty please!!...)
1977 also brought us
SUSPIRIA
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
ERASERHEAD
THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE
THE AMERICAN FRIEND
EQUUS
EXORCIST II THE HERETIC
OH GOD
THE LAST WAVE
THE DUELLISTS
THE WHITE BUFFALO
SMOKEY & THE BANDIT
PROVIDENCE
THE CAR
AIRPORT 77
and
HAUSU (HOUSE)