Roman Candles (1966 film)

1966 film by John Waters
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Roman Candles

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

1966 (1966)

Running time

40 min.

Country

United States

Language

English

Roman Candles is a 1966 short film directed by John Waters and starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Mink Stole, and Maelcum Soul.

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.

Plot

The movie features random scenes of Maelcum Soul in nun 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 with Lee Harvey Oswald\'s mother, and tune by the Shangri-Las.

Cast

Divine
Maelcum Soul
David Lochary
Mona Montgomery
Mary Vivian Pearce
Pat Moran
Mink Stole
Bob Skidmore
John Waters