Roman Candles (1967)
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.
- Released
- 1967-05-10
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Waters
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 9 votes
Cast
- Divine as Party Guest / Man with Scarf
- Mark Isherwood as Man in Bed
- David Lochary as Reading Man
- Mona Montgomery as Bride with Whip / Woman in Bed
- Pat Moran as Party Guest
- Mary Vivian Pearce as Woman Attacked by Fan
- Bob Skidmore as Man with Electric Fan / Man in Bed
- Maelcum Soul as Smoking Nun
- Mink Stole as Party Guest