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    Auteur John Waters joins season curator Justin Johnson to talk about his film career. Moved by the fact that his work attracts younger viewers as his career progresses, Waters pays tribute to like-minded friends he has used as actors and discusses the inspiration behind his vibrant creativity.
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  • @jeremyely
    @jeremyely Před 7 lety +284

    I could listen to john waters talk all day.

    • @Pinkranger87
      @Pinkranger87 Před 4 lety +2

      Me too

    • @julie5310
      @julie5310 Před 3 lety +3

      Me three. His persona is the person I wish I was (were?).

    • @skanenoise354
      @skanenoise354 Před 3 lety

      And night

    • @DanburyDK
      @DanburyDK Před 3 lety +2

      lol I just said that in a post on another John waters video 😊

    • @jptwentyfour887
      @jptwentyfour887 Před 3 lety +1

      Certainly talks about people’s skin color a lot.

  • @DianaRussia531
    @DianaRussia531 Před 5 lety +188

    John Waters has a quick wit and really sharp sense of humor. Steve Buscemi should play him in a story of his life

  • @ShootMeMovieReviews
    @ShootMeMovieReviews Před 4 lety +107

    What a gift for an interviewer - just start saying a few words and John will take it away with a 10-minute string of anecdotes. The man was born to be interviewed.

    • @tinycmo
      @tinycmo Před 4 lety +1

      I thought that too. Not your Phoenix interview for sure

    • @marcallen4532
      @marcallen4532 Před 3 lety

      Fame maintenance!

  • @SerialGothQueens
    @SerialGothQueens Před 7 lety +122

    His interviews, his books, his live appearances, are always amazing. If I could pick one celebrity to sit down and have dinner and a conversation with, it would absolutely be John!

    • @gretchenbaker7435
      @gretchenbaker7435 Před 6 lety +5

      SerialGothQueens he is my first choice for the old 5 people you could invite for dinner. And if dead people were an option I'd pick Divine for him and Jackie Kennedy

    • @gretchenbaker7435
      @gretchenbaker7435 Před 6 lety +1

      Should be a comma after "old" my apologizes

    • @totallybored5526
      @totallybored5526 Před rokem

      You missed out the main thing. His *FILMS*

    • @SerialGothQueens
      @SerialGothQueens Před rokem +1

      @@totallybored5526 Not at all. His films go without saying, since they're how I was introduced to him.

  • @rabidrabbitshuggers
    @rabidrabbitshuggers Před 7 lety +126

    He gets funnier and more brilliant the older he gets.

  • @charlescrossman2225
    @charlescrossman2225 Před rokem +6

    HE IS AN INTERNATIONAL TREASURE. I HAD A CRAPPY DAY BUT THIS RESTORES MY SPIRIT. ROARING LAUGHTER REPETEDLY WILL DO THAT. TY JOHN

  • @Drymouth555
    @Drymouth555 Před 6 lety +53

    Hilarious and fearless, a soul crafted from both the seediest shit and the purest gold.

  • @mrhotpocket
    @mrhotpocket Před 4 lety +9

    That John Waters is amazing doesn't surprise me. But can we also give props to this interviewer? He's fantastic in this role.

  • @josephedwarddowling5919
    @josephedwarddowling5919 Před 5 lety +19

    This is by far this best interview ever. The Audience loves him.

  • @mojohood
    @mojohood Před 5 lety +20

    Female Trouble is my favorite movie of all time. Long live Dawn Davenport and John Waters.

  • @foxgloved1
    @foxgloved1 Před 7 lety +48

    a true Baltimore treasure

  • @giggles7179
    @giggles7179 Před rokem +4

    Growing up in a small Wisconsin town, I discovered John Waters in my teens and it always felt like his most notorious films were a secret I was privvy to. I loved few things more than watching my friends' faces as I forced them to watch "Pink Flamingos." I loved trying to spot the surviving Dreamlanders in each new film and mourned them as their numbers gradually dwindled. It's been endlessly surreal in the years since to see how there were clearly many others like me out there who were equally in love with his work. Who would have thought "Hairspray" would become one of the most beloved new musicals of the new millenium with John Travolta playing Edna Turnblad in the remake? Who could have predicted "Pink Flamingos" would be considered culturally significant enough to be selected for preservation in the National Film Registry? God only knows what the future holds for his material even after he's gone. The lesson we can learn from this? Never underestimate the number of people out there who are willing to hold a drag queen eating dog $#!t in the highest regard.

  • @gretchenbaker7435
    @gretchenbaker7435 Před 5 lety +23

    I love Jon waters!
    And The interviewer was so good too! He really knew his stuff and let the story come without interruption

  • @atbglenn
    @atbglenn Před 5 lety +19

    John's got the greatest sense of humor. I love the guy and his movies.

  • @shawnchristopherwhite3271
    @shawnchristopherwhite3271 Před 5 lety +16

    John Waters is the most modest humble person in the world!

  • @13ivanogre13
    @13ivanogre13 Před 4 lety +10

    Although I have seen and enjoyed his earliest movies I like the actual person so much more. He's a good story-teller and a nice person who seems grateful to the Universe for his existence and I am glad for him.

  • @jaynetaylor6048
    @jaynetaylor6048 Před 5 lety +15

    John Waters is a legend. Love him so much.

  • @jeffdawson2786
    @jeffdawson2786 Před 3 lety +8

    What a career. This is inspiring. Follow your bliss, no matter what anybody says.

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 Před 5 lety +10

    A brilliant man. I’d love to him talk with Pedro Almidovar about each other’s films.

  • @Geometroid1
    @Geometroid1 Před 6 lety +14

    I never really liked his movies... but he is one of the most entertaining people I've ever seen

  • @kensalazar5986
    @kensalazar5986 Před 5 lety +8

    I had no idea John Waters could be so fascinating and funny I could listen to him for days. I really miss Divine what a Wonderful Charactor he was

  • @sliverscreen
    @sliverscreen Před 5 lety +9

    Just saw John Waters 2018 Christmas Special at The Neptune Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Legendary performance! Hope someone was able to get a recording of it. It’s a must see!

  • @chrisgeorgatsos1416
    @chrisgeorgatsos1416 Před 3 lety +5

    John Waters is an American icon!

  • @chazzdurden
    @chazzdurden Před 4 lety +4

    I'm a movie buff, I love cinema and if someone would ask me which director I would like to be the most, I would definitely choose John over Kubrick or even Coppola in a split second, that's how much he has influenced my art, my life and his vision of women is absolutely stunning and remarkable! he killed misogyny in cinema!

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher Před 7 lety +17

    The story of filming the spoof of the Kennedy assassination is one of my favorite Dreamland stories.

  • @lukaserik
    @lukaserik Před rokem +1

    John Waters looks so good for being 73. He has a brilliant mind ! His movies became a classic. Always loved his mustache and my favorite color orange looks great on John .

  • @oomybeauty
    @oomybeauty Před 5 lety +7

    Yes, making art, independent innovative art with film, photo, ... was difficult, hard, a real labor of love.

  • @frankgonzalezofficial3010
    @frankgonzalezofficial3010 Před 6 lety +16

    He's attitude is amazing

  • @josephedwarddowling5919
    @josephedwarddowling5919 Před 5 lety +9

    He truly seems like the happiest man on Earth. A freind of mine met himi at a rest area when he was hitch hiking across the country. See POLYESTER . The best JOHN WATERS movie.

    • @tablature6121
      @tablature6121 Před 5 lety

      Seen it. Loved it. Polyester is the one where he introduces "Odorama" -- a scratch and sniff card with ten scratchy spots, cued in the movie when to scratch. Of course, one was an old man farting in bed. You know John. LOL

    • @josephedwarddowling5919
      @josephedwarddowling5919 Před 5 lety

      One of my old friends in Alabama had about a dozen of the original SCRATCH N SNIFF cards from when he saw it at the theater. Being from CT the part when Cuddles yelled "' God I wished I lived in CT!!'' cracked me up.

  • @jahan442
    @jahan442 Před 3 lety +5

    not just a film maker also one of the biggest thinker.

  • @rjddurhamnc
    @rjddurhamnc Před 5 lety +12

    John Waters = National Treasure

  • @QueerSwede1
    @QueerSwede1 Před 8 lety +19

    this is so amazing, i saw john live in his a filthy world show when he was in sweden, it was fab!

  • @marcushoglund4301
    @marcushoglund4301 Před 8 lety +36

    Genius beautiful guy!!! My Hero

  • @jayham____fromgeorgia
    @jayham____fromgeorgia Před 6 lety +5

    A very excellent interview. Thank you BFI..

  • @mickeefreeman2898
    @mickeefreeman2898 Před rokem +2

    John waters .....my hero..8 years old
    I
    watched female trouble. Made me the happy artist I am today ... what a wonderful man
    Xx.

  • @michelsurprenant4799
    @michelsurprenant4799 Před 3 lety +2

    John's movies are a big part of my life. Very smart with a twisted mind. I love him.

  • @rogerdale5451
    @rogerdale5451 Před 5 lety +4

    I love the outfits...(the host) Black on black on black, with black, and Orange is the new black. Where- do you get an ORANGE! suit coat? I love John Waters. So unique.

  • @dennis.a.kovalev
    @dennis.a.kovalev Před 5 lety +5

    This is hilarious. Even though they both are talking to each other, it seems like they are separated by ages. British Film Institute's curator is like an archeologist trying to assign meaning to a find, and to guess what it was used for from his perspective on art, at the same time missing the very essence of John Waters, the sheer pure drive of youth and freedom of a loved child being unrestrained in his perception of the world. John Waters is here, and you're missing him entirely) I loved John on Roseanne, just because she was really in the moment with him, like a peer.

  • @silentdecay
    @silentdecay Před 7 lety +2

    thank you john, Justin & audience. a fantastic interview. truly fun & excellent, fully.

  • @heatherwilcox9901
    @heatherwilcox9901 Před 5 lety +3

    I just watched Multiple Maniacs for the first time yesterday and loved it. On CZcams trying to find Its a Filthy World but this interview is just as entertaining. John would be a lovely lunch date

  • @calabiyou
    @calabiyou Před 4 lety +5

    I went to see him tonight in melb. Unfortunately I got the dates fucked up and he was on the week before. I hope he comes back to melb.

  • @stormtrooper253
    @stormtrooper253 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for uploading this! 💖

  • @GhANeC
    @GhANeC Před 3 lety +4

    The man is just non stop interesting!

  • @pinkmoon5332
    @pinkmoon5332 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you, John Waters. I was one of those majority people.. and was just.... "pissed off". And you helped me find ground through your comedy, through counter culture.

  • @chrissystewart6268
    @chrissystewart6268 Před 4 lety +4

    I'm looking forward to meet John Waters talk business & want advice about making films

  • @Anteroization
    @Anteroization Před 5 lety +2

    2019 thanks for uploading !

  • @staceyboomboom8031
    @staceyboomboom8031 Před rokem +3

    The one famous person I would fan girl over if I ever met. John Waters.

  • @vanessanorton455
    @vanessanorton455 Před 5 lety +6

    I love JW. On a bad day, I find clips from those PF and FT and ... instant anti-depressant.

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher Před 7 lety +17

    39:49 - It took me a few plays to figure it out, but Waters made a reference to a line in Serial Mom which would get a big laugh in light of what's happening in the news - it's Bill Cosby. AN old hag rents a Bill Cosby movie, Ghost Dad, or something like that - anyway, it was funny enough 20 years ago to show someone being really uptight about masturbatorially hanging onto "family values", but NOW - the fact that this uptight old lady LOVES a guy who did what he's accused of. The BEST IRONIC LINE EVER!

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 Před 5 lety +1

    I saw JOHN this week in Palm Springs ...WHAT AN AMAZING SHOW !

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 Před 5 lety +4

    WE LOVE YOU JOHN !

  • @sharpenuptheknives4938
    @sharpenuptheknives4938 Před 7 lety +3

    John Water is Amazing!!

  • @CannibalWHORE22
    @CannibalWHORE22 Před rokem +1

    “Yes there is and you can help me find it” lol

  • @DanJackson1977
    @DanJackson1977 Před 7 lety +27

    So Gene Siskel wanted to see a live snuff film? Wow... that's a guy who REALLY liked to party.

    • @SuiGenerisAbbie
      @SuiGenerisAbbie Před 7 lety

      At what timepoint did Waters mention this one?
      (I think I missed it ...)

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 Před 4 lety

      Gene's brain...

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews Před 4 lety

      I think he probably wanted just to expose whatever he found - after all, the man's favorite movie was Babe.

    • @YouTubeSpareTime
      @YouTubeSpareTime Před 3 lety +2

      Man. I wish Gene and Roger were still around, they both died of horrendous illnesses.

  • @bazzhancher8436
    @bazzhancher8436 Před 4 lety +2

    Just Brilliant

  • @simonlebrit8651
    @simonlebrit8651 Před 8 lety +1

    I thought this was the extended version.. yet the questions cut out at the same point. Will we ever get to see the full version please ?

  • @jc6594
    @jc6594 Před 2 lety +1

    Happy 75th Birthday John Waters

  • @SkeeterNYC
    @SkeeterNYC Před 7 lety +5

    Please John go for Jessica Lange instead of Ms. Meryl. Although, I did love her recent Golden Globes speech. A smart, talented woman with good heart and humour.

  • @mcnallyaar
    @mcnallyaar Před rokem +4

    I love how Mr. Waters is, at root, a good boy. Just an ambitious kid who looks at the world and wants to be a proper scout.

  • @Back4Fungame
    @Back4Fungame Před 4 lety +1

    Really enjoyable

  • @nikkig5597
    @nikkig5597 Před 5 lety +4

    He is a treasure.😎

  • @zartdart
    @zartdart Před rokem +2

    I'm so happy this interview is happening in England - in America audiences always have to clap after every title they recognize. Drives me nuts.

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa Před 9 měsíci

      That doesn't always happen, it kind of depends where you are it's almost a regional thing. It is very strange though.

  • @DungeonStudio
    @DungeonStudio Před 4 lety +4

    I wish John could make just one more BIG movie. Nothing against Tarantino, but honestly 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' forever will sound like a John Waters film. But at the same time, I'm glad John's taken a back seat. As everything is so lubricious now with Trump as President, political correctness and legalized weed, LGBTQRSTUV - and sometimes Y, terrorism vs. mass shootings. Unless John were to remake Clambake with an all Asian cast, he just can't stand out anymore. Even then, die hard fans might giggle, say WTF, buy the soundtrack on vinyl, and say it's still better than Eyes Wide Shut at least.

    • @jackieradley1025
      @jackieradley1025 Před 4 lety +1

      Seriously. Life is horrifying enough. A cancelation of John Waters (cause inevitably, that's the direction people would go) is unacceptable.

  • @Persephonie22
    @Persephonie22 Před 7 lety +2

    I am glad that John Waters said that in high schools they cast Tracy Turnblad skinny or other race. Years ago at a high school play that I took my mother & grandmother to see Hairspray. And we notice that this Tracy was skinny & we were like why is she thin? 😦

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan Před 3 lety +1

    Fantabulosa...

  • @toddtr5520
    @toddtr5520 Před 5 lety +3

    I love John waters

  • @chrisgabert1367
    @chrisgabert1367 Před 4 lety +4

    I love the look my family gives me when I talk about John Waters being a big influence on my work. "The Pink Flamingos guy?"
    You bet your ass.

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher Před 7 lety +1

    11:00 - I LOVED "Snuff"

  • @jeffclement2979
    @jeffclement2979 Před 4 lety +1

    Love that man!

  • @nickmorrell3559
    @nickmorrell3559 Před 2 lety

    One of my favourite people in the world. .him and divine ..

  • @ryebread9641
    @ryebread9641 Před 3 lety +2

    this outfit is legendary

  • @jamesmiley3831
    @jamesmiley3831 Před 4 lety +1

    John Waters can get it any day in my book.

  • @mrminer071166
    @mrminer071166 Před 3 lety +1

    "Get a cold." OMG. That one got me like 5m later....

  • @federicoborghesi1949
    @federicoborghesi1949 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Dog for John Waters

  • @nirvanafatal
    @nirvanafatal Před 5 lety +2

    He is my idol

  • @pianonotes1010
    @pianonotes1010 Před 2 lety +1

    The fact that Gene Siskel wanted to find a snuff film set is pretty unnerving.

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa Před 9 měsíci +1

      Siskel and Ebert had some really bad takes back in the day. I was never a huge fan of Siskel and while I never really agreed with all of Eberts critiques - but I have to say that Roger Ebert was an absolutely fantastic writer when it came to writing about themes and the ethos of movies. Have a lot of respect for him because of his writing.

  • @dashfatbastard
    @dashfatbastard Před 2 lety

    May he live forever

  • @greyedgerton2890
    @greyedgerton2890 Před 5 lety

    Did John ever work with Ed Wood ?

  • @joemckibben7757
    @joemckibben7757 Před 5 měsíci

    He’s the funniest man who’s ever lived!

  • @msfair3625
    @msfair3625 Před 6 lety +1

    He always reminds of Curry as Rooster from Annie.

  • @lolabow5421
    @lolabow5421 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh I was at this and had a question about dog shit. I wonder if it’s kept in!

  • @carlcraft9237
    @carlcraft9237 Před 3 lety

    That' orange is awesome

  • @emmaduncan2991
    @emmaduncan2991 Před 7 lety +8

    where's his Kennedy center honors? well with the GOP in office, it will have to wait. the man is an American treasure!

  • @unitedamericans8587
    @unitedamericans8587 Před 5 lety

    The John Waters/Ed Wood style of film making continues with the free CZcams movie NIGHTMARE IN ZOMBIE CITY!!!

  • @Horror_N_M3tal
    @Horror_N_M3tal Před 3 lety +1

    Snuff. the urban legend of horror always talked about. always sort after but never found.

  • @ampallang7
    @ampallang7 Před 4 lety

    I missed John in Briz, is he still in AUS??????, get him to contact me, lets make a movie together, i was given the same shit as a man back in the day unfort as a straight guy; a hero in most ways than one, my friends would make a great film as 'misfits' of a new time with good hearts. Passsssionate about film I want to work with some of you.

  • @JeffRebornNow
    @JeffRebornNow Před 4 lety +1

    THANK GOD he never did A Confederacy of Dunces with Divine. It would have been terrible. John Candy would have made an excellent Ignatius.

  • @jessemacias2
    @jessemacias2 Před 3 lety

    Wonder why “Lust in the Dust” hardly gets mentioned.... great film.

  • @bitchpuddin
    @bitchpuddin Před 5 lety

    OMG

  • @violetbrown2372
    @violetbrown2372 Před 4 lety +1

    Art Linkletter was horribly emotionally abuse to Diane, he threw her off his "family" shoe, because he deemed her "too fat and ugly." he pretty much drove her to suicide, primarily because she refused to tow the family party line, and was a bit to liberal for him.

  • @altohippiegabber
    @altohippiegabber Před 7 lety +2

    did "Eat Your Make Up" ever get a release on VHS/DVD?

    • @ClarenceFisher
      @ClarenceFisher Před 7 lety +1

      Not yet. But Divine's JFK assassination spoof is featured in "I Am Divine" on DVD.

    • @altohippiegabber
      @altohippiegabber Před 7 lety

      thanks! i love it when people answer and help eachother out

    • @coalhalo
      @coalhalo Před 7 lety

      You can find them here on CZcams

  • @Turtl289
    @Turtl289 Před 6 lety +1

    John knows the ninja turtles..... i knew i liked him lol

  • @Thisisspacemusic
    @Thisisspacemusic Před 5 lety

    sucks they cut out the clips

  • @hatelovebowel4571
    @hatelovebowel4571 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh the interviewer is very Divine coded

  • @syxsyx9780
    @syxsyx9780 Před 6 lety +1

    "let's get naked n' smoke"

  • @bradfordmiller637
    @bradfordmiller637 Před 2 lety

    I loved connie and Raymond marble John waters best film. Though some
    Scenes are a little much for me.

  • @stevecox7075
    @stevecox7075 Před 4 lety +2

    John Waters chats to the Queen Termite.

  • @MURUR1025
    @MURUR1025 Před 3 lety

    John Waters barely ever comments on Danny Mills (Crackers in Pink Flamingos). Does he ever explain why Danny Mills only acted in that one film?

    • @destroyernoah
      @destroyernoah Před rokem

      In the commentary track for the DVD, John says that Danny isn't very happy to talk about being in Pink Flamingos

  • @planetofether5462
    @planetofether5462 Před 4 lety +1

    I want him to be my grandfather.

  • @wevans2012
    @wevans2012 Před 7 lety +3

    The man is a GOD