Roman Candles

“A triple projected trash epic”

Shot on 8mm, and featuring the introduction of Divine, John Waters' sophomore film is a plotless collage of random incidents involving sex, drugs, religion and The Wizard of Oz, it was shown with an equally random soundtrack mixing “obnoxious radio advertisements, rock 'n' roll and press conferences with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother”. It was shown three times publicly, but never released commercially.

Director

John Waters

Screenplay

John Waters

Novela

L. Frank Baum

Status

Released

Release date

10/05/1967

Original language

English