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Cult filmmaki From Staff Reports The John Waters Film Festival, featuring three of the cult filmmaker'} weirdest motion pictures, will bt shown fit thf* RiiccpII Hrtnco Tlioo?? V .?MWU>V1I t AV/UJV 1 llVdllV Feb. 16-18, and will be followed by 2 personal visit to USC by Waters or Feb. 20. Waters bases his work in Baltimore Md.. instead of the traditional mr?vi. land of Hollywood. 4,To me, bad taste is what entertain ment is all about," Waters said in hi autobiography, Shock Value. In it, h calls his hometown of Baltimore "th hairdo capital of the world" and say he uses "the filthiest people alive" ii his films. No one under the age of 17 will b admitted to these films, said Charle Tuten, chairman of Cinematic Arts All viewers will have to show proof o their age for admission to the shows. The first Waters film, "Femal< wasc PRESENTS ^ | UfJI, m?\,v vmw m\w mm "IWTOW feVk i A fife n Aibi vivmvw mmvi in conjunction with fi?i| and The Video Tape C Aep 4- A ^x _i til iu ue leaiurea Trouble" (1974), will be shown at she , 2:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Feb. 16. The 18. ; film is about the outrageous life of tur i Dawn Davenport, from her cha-cha- nav : heeled formative years as a juvenile del i delinquent in an all-girl's high school, 1 i through her various professions as dis waitress, hooker, burglar and kidnap- spc ? per, to her death in the electric chair. Ide e The second film will be "Desperate Ca Living" (1977), set for 2:30, 7 and 9:30 wil i- p.m. on Feb 17. This comedy features Th s Queen Carlotta, Edy the Egg lady, one pul ? tl?_A - ** - * ' c oi waters s iavorite stars, ruler of the wil e depraved town of Mortville. In this ticl s fast-moving story of murder, fights, I n love, death, wrestling, sex-change to operations and rabies, Carlotta is over- sai e thrown by the women of Mortville. s Famous stripper Liz Renay stars in this 95-minute film. filr f "Pink Flamingos," made in 1972, sh( and probably Waters's best known 1 e film other than "Polyester," will be or AT Bl Does the high worrying? W< answer for yc __ your own apai 3fJ We're only a | throw from t\ fag I Coliseum, anc W ffiMly I nient to every mmUm I school, shopp 1 and downtow I only minutes 1 away. &.\*> I m|j Plus we've got I 2, & 3 bedrooi lighted tennis ( ij clubhouse. $ I ? m \ I wwv CT rn 111 --3B ?-? -C I- CO ^ """"Q ? 1 ??|\ & I .SA | u )ommittee I in festival [?? )wn at 2, 7, 9 and 11:30 p.m. Feb. int The filmmaker describes this pic- From e as "one of the most repulsive, Wl iseaung, bizarre, hilarious and Goldc ightful films" ever made. The Waters will visit USC Feb. 20 to t| cuss his films in a lecture co- dance rnsored by Cinematic Arts and the Mo; :as and Issues Committee of the Horizi rolina Program Union. The session Green 1 start at 8 p.m. in the Russell House showr eatre. Admission will cost $3 for the Rjc] blic and $2 for students, and seating than ? 1 be limited, Tuten said. No advance spare kets will be sold. Wei Vlost of the lecture will be devoted video a question-and-answer period he 20-foc d. WU Video rhe afternoon shows of Waters's Tayloi ns will cost viewers Si; the evening and w )ws $1.75. Video for more information on the films show, Waters's lecture, call 777-7130. ALL HOUSING tOADMOOR fI i cost of student housing for ?11, the new management of E u! From now through the end rtment with $100.00 off the 1 pnrr? riscc le lhingVe more of everything for bette n apartments with luxury fea :ourt, 2 swimming pools, lau] FT7 / You can even t / Express. 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