Desperate Living [Criterion Collection Blu-ray]

John Waters closes his "trash trilogy" with this gleefully twisted fairy tale. After hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) and her housekeeper Grizelda (Jean Hill) kill Peggy's husband, the pair flee to Mortville, a shantytown of outcasts ruled by the tyrannical Queen Carlotta (Edith Massey), where life gets stranger and filthier until her subjects rise up. Outrageous, hilarious and proudly queer, newly restored by Criterion.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration supervised and approved by John Waters, with uncompressed mono soundtrack; audio commentary with Waters and Liz Renay; optional dubbed Italian track; new conversation between Waters and Cristina Cacioppo; Back to Mortville location tour led by Waters; new interview with Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce and Mink Stole; interview with production designer Vincent Peranio; trailer; essay by Grace Byron.

Details: 1977, USA. Written and directed by John Waters. With Mink Stole, Jean Hill, Edith Massey, Liz Renay, Mary Vivian Pearce, Susan Lowe. Not rated. 90 minutes. Blu-ray. English SDH subtitles. The Criterion Collection.

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• Desperate Living [Criterion Collection 4K UHD + Blu-ray]