I can never get enough of director John Waters — just the sheer fact that he is responsible for making “Pink Flamingos,” one of the most tasteless movies ever created, ranks him way up in my books.
Waters has posted up his top ten of 2019 on Artforum. Gaspar Noe’s “Climax” tops his list.
A bubble-gum-tastic interview with Vulture, had Waters, earlier this summer, dishing out some dirt about life & career — more importantly, raving about Noe and “Climax.”
“That’s why I still love Lars von Trier. He has one of the best senses of humor of all film directors. My favorite is sadistic: Gaspar Noé. ‘Climax’ was my favorite movie. I loved it, loved it, loved it.”
“Climax” is the 2018 film that earned some rave reviews after its premiere at last year’s Cannes. The film tells the story of a dance troupe that celebrates at an after-party for a performance. Things descend into chaos when they begin to worry that their sangria was perhaps spiked with LSD.
“Let’s just say it’s a very altered version of ‘The Red Shoes’ as a bad acid trip,” added Waters. “Thank God I didn’t see it before I took acid. I was very startled by the movie. I thought it really delivered.”
“They make $75 million gross-out comedies that nobody thinks are that funny,” he said. “So, that’s over. You have to think of a new way. And it does involve political correctness of all the things you can and cannot do in comedy today. But I think that makes it even more of a challenge to pull it off and startle people today.”
Waters is promoting his latest novella, “Mr. Know-It-All.”
1 Clímax
2 Joan of Arc
3 Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood
4 Border
5 Amazing Grace
6 Hail Satan?
7 Pain & Glory
8 The Golden Glove
9 The Souvenir
10 Joker