Mondo Trasho

Mondo Trasho is a 1969 film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary and Mink Stole. It contains no dialog: the soundtrack is entirely musical.

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1969 - Baltimore - Maryland - John Waters - Divine - Mary Vivian Pearce - David Lochary - Mink Stole

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After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blonde heroine Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus and reading Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon. She is later seduced by a perverted 'shrimper', hit by a car driven by Divine and visited by a vision of the Virgin Mary amongst other terribly dramatic and trashy situations.

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Mary Vivian Pearce - Kenneth Anger - Hollywood Babylon - Divine

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The film was considered very shocking at the time of its release.

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Waters was arrested during the film's production for illegally shooting a scene involving a nude hitchhiker on the campus of Johns Hopkins University.

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The film's title refers to a series of semi-related quasi-documentary films that were popular during the 1960s: Mondo Cane, Mondo Freudo, Mondo Bizarro etc.

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Mondo Cane - Mondo Freudo - Mondo Bizarro

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