129970
129970

Roman Candles

"A triple projected trash epic"

1967-05-10
6.4
en 28m
Comedy
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

Writer

John Waters

Editor

John Waters

Director of Photography

John Waters

Producer

John Waters

Novel

L. Frank Baum

short film low budget

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Dreamland