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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 7 років тому +303

    I could listen to john waters talk all day.

    • @Pinkranger87
      @Pinkranger87 4 роки тому +2

      Me too

    • @julie5310
      @julie5310 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @skanenoise354
      @skanenoise354 4 роки тому

      And night

    • @DanburyDK
      @DanburyDK 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @jptwentyfour887
      @jptwentyfour887 3 роки тому +1

      Certainly talks about people’s skin color a lot.

  • @DianaRussia531
    @DianaRussia531 6 років тому +200

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

  • @SerialGothQueens
    @SerialGothQueens 8 років тому +127

    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 6 років тому +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 6 років тому +1

      Should be a comma after "old" my apologizes

    • @totallybored5526
      @totallybored5526 2 роки тому

      You missed out the main thing. His *FILMS*

    • @SerialGothQueens
      @SerialGothQueens 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @charlescrossman2225
    @charlescrossman2225 Рік тому +9

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

  • @rabidrabbitshuggers
    @rabidrabbitshuggers 7 років тому +132

    He gets funnier and more brilliant the older he gets.

  • @mrhotpocket
    @mrhotpocket 5 років тому +10

    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 5 років тому +20

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

  • @giggles7179
    @giggles7179 Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @shawnchristopherwhite3271
    @shawnchristopherwhite3271 6 років тому +17

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

  • @jaynetaylor6048
    @jaynetaylor6048 5 років тому +18

    John Waters is a legend. Love him so much.

  • @Drymouth555
    @Drymouth555 6 років тому +57

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

  • @mojohood
    @mojohood 5 років тому +20

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

  • @jeffdawson2786
    @jeffdawson2786 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @atbglenn
    @atbglenn 5 років тому +20

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

  • @foxgloved1
    @foxgloved1 7 років тому +51

    a true Baltimore treasure

  • @gretchenbaker7435
    @gretchenbaker7435 5 років тому +23

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

  • @13ivanogre13
    @13ivanogre13 5 років тому +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.

  • @lukaserik
    @lukaserik 2 роки тому +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 .

  • @Geometroid1
    @Geometroid1 7 років тому +15

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

  • @chrisgeorgatsos1416
    @chrisgeorgatsos1416 3 роки тому +6

    John Waters is an American icon!

  • @kensalazar5986
    @kensalazar5986 5 років тому +9

    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

  • @chazzdurden
    @chazzdurden 4 роки тому +5

    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!

  • @mickeefreeman2898
    @mickeefreeman2898 2 роки тому +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.

  • @josephedwarddowling5919
    @josephedwarddowling5919 5 років тому +10

    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 5 років тому

      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 5 років тому

      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.

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 5 років тому +10

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

  • @oomybeauty
    @oomybeauty 5 років тому +7

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

  • @marcushoglund4301
    @marcushoglund4301 8 років тому +37

    Genius beautiful guy!!! My Hero

  • @michelsurprenant4799
    @michelsurprenant4799 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @jahan442
    @jahan442 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @sliverscreen
    @sliverscreen 5 років тому +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!

  • @frankgonzalezofficial3010
    @frankgonzalezofficial3010 7 років тому +17

    He's attitude is amazing

  • @rjddurhamnc
    @rjddurhamnc 5 років тому +13

    John Waters = National Treasure

  • @pinkmoon5332
    @pinkmoon5332 3 роки тому +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.

  • @jayham____fromgeorgia
    @jayham____fromgeorgia 7 років тому +5

    A very excellent interview. Thank you BFI..

  • @staceyboomboom8031
    @staceyboomboom8031 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @rogerdale5451
    @rogerdale5451 5 років тому +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.

  • @mcnallyaar
    @mcnallyaar 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 6 років тому +4

    WE LOVE YOU JOHN !

  • @sharpenuptheknives4938
    @sharpenuptheknives4938 8 років тому +4

    John Water is Amazing!!

  • @heatherwilcox9901
    @heatherwilcox9901 5 років тому +3

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

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher 8 років тому +18

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

  • @GhANeC
    @GhANeC 3 роки тому +5

    The man is just non stop interesting!

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 6 років тому +1

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

  • @silentdecay
    @silentdecay 7 років тому +2

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

  • @calabiyou
    @calabiyou 5 років тому +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.

  • @dennis.kovalev
    @dennis.kovalev 5 років тому +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.

  • @stormtrooper253
    @stormtrooper253 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for uploading this! 💖

  • @chrissystewart6268
    @chrissystewart6268 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @jc6594
    @jc6594 3 роки тому +1

    Happy 75th Birthday John Waters

  • @vanessanorton455
    @vanessanorton455 5 років тому +6

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

  • @bazzhancher8436
    @bazzhancher8436 5 років тому +2

    Just Brilliant

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher 8 років тому +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!

  • @toddtr5520
    @toddtr5520 5 років тому +4

    I love John waters

  • @nikkig5597
    @nikkig5597 5 років тому +4

    He is a treasure.😎

  • @nickmorrell3559
    @nickmorrell3559 2 роки тому

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

  • @jamesmiley3831
    @jamesmiley3831 4 роки тому +1

    John Waters can get it any day in my book.

  • @Anteroization
    @Anteroization 5 років тому +2

    2019 thanks for uploading !

  • @ryebread9641
    @ryebread9641 3 роки тому +3

    this outfit is legendary

  • @zartdart
    @zartdart Рік тому +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 Рік тому

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

  • @DanJackson1977
    @DanJackson1977 8 років тому +28

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

    • @SuiGenerisAbbie
      @SuiGenerisAbbie 7 років тому

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

    • @13ivanogre13
      @13ivanogre13 5 років тому

      Gene's brain...

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 5 років тому

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

    • @YouTubeSpareTime
      @YouTubeSpareTime 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @SkeeterNYC
    @SkeeterNYC 7 років тому +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.

  • @Persephonie22
    @Persephonie22 8 років тому +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? 😦

  • @CannibalWHORE22
    @CannibalWHORE22 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @jeffclement2979
    @jeffclement2979 4 роки тому +1

    Love that man!

  • @DungeonStudio
    @DungeonStudio 5 років тому +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 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @Back4Fungame
    @Back4Fungame 4 роки тому +1

    Really enjoyable

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher 8 років тому +1

    11:00 - I LOVED "Snuff"

  • @federicoborghesi1949
    @federicoborghesi1949 3 роки тому

    Thanks Dog for John Waters

  • @Motoroil20xx
    @Motoroil20xx 3 місяці тому

    Cecil B. Demented, to me is a spiritual companion with Pecker, where they both comment on independent art but from very different perspectives and tone.

  • @jellyfishrage33
    @jellyfishrage33 4 роки тому +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.

  • @mrminer071166
    @mrminer071166 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @nirvanafatal
    @nirvanafatal 5 років тому +2

    He is my idol

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 3 роки тому +1

    Fantabulosa...

  • @pianonotes1010
    @pianonotes1010 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa Рік тому +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.

  • @emmaduncan2991
    @emmaduncan2991 7 років тому +8

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

  • @simonlebrit8651
    @simonlebrit8651 9 років тому +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 ?

  • @joemckibben7757
    @joemckibben7757 10 місяців тому

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

  • @msfair3625
    @msfair3625 7 років тому +1

    He always reminds of Curry as Rooster from Annie.

  • @Horror_N_M3tal
    @Horror_N_M3tal 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @carlcraft9237
    @carlcraft9237 3 роки тому

    That' orange is awesome

  • @jessemacias2
    @jessemacias2 3 роки тому

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

  • @lolabow5421
    @lolabow5421 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @unitedamericans8587
    @unitedamericans8587 6 років тому

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

  • @wevans2012
    @wevans2012 7 років тому +4

    The man is a GOD

  • @JeffRebornNow
    @JeffRebornNow 4 роки тому +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.

  • @planetofether5462
    @planetofether5462 5 років тому +1

    I want him to be my grandfather.

  • @violetbrown2372
    @violetbrown2372 4 роки тому +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.

  • @syxsyx9780
    @syxsyx9780 6 років тому +1

    "let's get naked n' smoke"

  • @Turtl289
    @Turtl289 6 років тому +1

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

  • @greyedgerton2890
    @greyedgerton2890 5 років тому

    Did John ever work with Ed Wood ?

  • @MURUR1025
    @MURUR1025 3 роки тому

    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 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @stevecox7075
    @stevecox7075 5 років тому +2

    John Waters chats to the Queen Termite.

  • @bradfordmiller637
    @bradfordmiller637 2 роки тому

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

  • @hatelovebowel4571
    @hatelovebowel4571 10 місяців тому

    Oh the interviewer is very Divine coded

  • @ampallang7
    @ampallang7 5 років тому

    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.

  • @michaeldenney6622
    @michaeldenney6622 Рік тому

    we need to hear more about the financed but unproduced film

  • @thomasbinninger1355
    @thomasbinninger1355 6 років тому +2

    Listen to his comments on the mommy dearest dvd.its a scream.

    • @arthurfleck816
      @arthurfleck816 4 роки тому

      thomas binninger yes it is. One of my favorite of all his DVD commentaries

  • @dmontes133
    @dmontes133 2 роки тому

    I wish the interviewer would quit interrupting.

  • @allangray6764
    @allangray6764 4 роки тому

    NATIONAL TREASURE

  • @Electro4locos
    @Electro4locos 5 років тому +3

    so funny