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    Roman Candles

    Roman Candles

    "A triple projected trash epic"

    1967

    28:07

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    6.4/10 (8)

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    Roman Candles

    Genre

    Comedy

    Plot

    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

    Writers

    John Waters, L. Frank Baum,

    Stars

    Divine, Mark Isherwood, David Lochary, Mona Montgomery, Pat Moran,