Film

Pink Flamingos 1972

Directed by John Waters

  • Comedy, Crime
  • 93 min
  • NC-17

An exercise in poor taste.

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

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  • Body horror
  • Graphic violence

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  • gravecomic
  • contemplativerelentless
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