December 05, 2010
John Waters tickets snapped up in a week
More than 300 Lake Forest students, faculty, staff, and alums, along with several Chicagoland fans of famous director and pop icon John Waters secured their seat for his talk on March 24. Others are put on a waiting list.
In a talked titled “This Filthy World,” Waters will discuss his careers in film, art, and literature and will rant about his life, pop culture, and things that make him crazy as only John Waters can. He will take questions, sign autographs, and pose for pictures. The event is sponsored by the Ruth A. Winter Lecture Series, and is the culmination of a two-month long John Waters Film Festival going on now on campus.
Film Festival Events
Thursday, January 13
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4:15 p.m.:
John Waters Film Fest: “Pink Flamingos” (1972)
Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Mink Stole
Join us for the first of eight films that comprise the John Waters Film Festival.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.” This is perhaps the top “gross out” movie of all time. Introduction by Associate Professor of English Davis Schneiderman.
Cinema Studies at Lake Forest College