Undependent Media presents...

Cult Weirdo Worship!

 

ed wood

specialties: writer, director, producer, actor

notable movies: plan 9 from outerspace, glen or glenda

obsessions: "natural" acting, cross dressing, weirdos, obtuse dialogue

 

russ meyer

specialtiess: writer, director, producer, distributor

notable movies: beyond the valley of the dolls, faster pussycat! kill! kill!

obsessions: huge breasts, cartoon violence, fast-cuts, brilliantly absurd dialogue

 

john waters

notable movies: pink flamingos, polyester, hairspray, female trouble

obsessions: Baltimore, cha-cha heels, absurd fashion, "alternative lifestyles"

 

kevin smith

notable movies: chasing amy, clerks, dogma, jersey girl

obsessions: New Jersey, comics, ridiculous arguments, potty mouth language

 

john hughes

notable movies: the breakfast club, ferris bueller's day off

obsessions: teenage rebellion, oblivious parents, high school, class conflicts

 

stanley kubrick

notable movies: 2001: a space oddyssey, eyes wide shut, dr strangelove, full metal jacket

obsessions: long takes

 

dino delaurentis

notable movies: flash gordon, dune, conan the barbarian, barbarella, death wish

obsessions: extravagance

 

herschell gordon lewis

notable movies: 2,000 maniacs, blood feast, the wizard of gore

obsessions: blood, guts, boobies

 

david lynch

notable movies: blue velvet, mulholland drive, eraserhead

obsessions: surrealism, the pacific northwest, americana

 

john carpenter

notable movies: halloween, escape from new york, big trouble in little china

obsessions: tough guys, electronic soundtracks

 

billy bob thornton

notable movies: mister woodcock, bad santa, slingblade

obsessions: machismo, foul language

 

christopher lee

notable movies: dracula, horror hotel, the wicker man, the phantom menace

obsessions: sophistication, flamboyant arrogance, cunning evil

 

tim burton

notable movies: edward scissorhands, pee-wee's big adventure, big fish

obsessions: goth, surrealism, animation, danny elfman