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A mature woman who discussed with other fellow adults ‘grown-up’ words - felching, plate jobs, snowballing, to name a few,” and closes with “PS: Thanks for hugging me when I needed one (always!)” There are also handwritten first drafts of scripts for “Pink Flamingos” and “Desperate Living,” all on yellow legal pads in Waters’ tidy cursive. In a post-production thank-you letter, “Hairspray” star Ricki Lake writes: “I will never ever forget for the first time in my life, my peers treated me as an adult. However, some of the exhibit’s most memorable highlights come from seeing words on the page.

Sit in the pews, and you might be buzzed by the same gimmick that thrilled 1959 audiences who watched “The Tingler,” directed by Waters’ hero William Castle. Instead, the exhibit places visitors inside a church with his early Dreamland stars like Divine, Edith Massey, and David Lochary rendered in stained glass, Waters represented as a beatific and smirking priest, and shocking highlights from films like “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester,” and “Desperate Living” projected on the pulpit. They’ve got to open that door and be greeted with such a shock.’ And he said, ‘We can’t really electrically shock them, can we?’ And the answer is, no, we cannot.” John Waters Pope of Trash, an Exhibition Devoted the Filmmaker’s Work, on Tuesday, Septemat The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California Charles White, JWPictures/©Acad And when we first walked into the entrance of that show, John said, ‘When this is my exhibition, they’ve got to walk into a huge shock here. “At that time, it was our Miyazaki exhibition. “Something that unlocked something really major for us was when we first showed John the space where the exhibition would be,” Jaffe said.

#ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES INSTAGRAM TV#

Overseen by exhibitions curator Jenny He and associate curator Dara Jaffe, it includes a flyer for Waters’ early puppet shows, Divine’s baby shoes preserved in bronze (and his birth certificate as Harris Glenn Milstead), Mink Stole’s cat-eye rhinestone eyeglasses from “Pink Flamingos,” the $16 receipt for the “Female Trouble” scene clipped by Maryland censors, and clips from Waters’ appearances in TV and movies including “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Seed of Chucky,” “Sweet and Lowdown,” and “The Simpsons.” Nearly four years in the making, the exhibit demanded a snipe hunt to find what would become 400 objects to sum up more than a half-century of his work. And there are other cities with film museums, but with all due respect in a place like Los Angeles, created by the Motion Picture Academy, this museum has really got to be the Parthenon of such places.2024 Oscars: Best Documentary Feature Predictionsįrom September 17, 2023, through August 4, 2024, “John Waters: Pope of Trash” dedicates 12 galleries to a delightful and unfiltered examination of Waters’ life and work, hosts screenings of 12 of his films (including the little-seen “Eat Your Makeup” on September 17, with Waters providing live commentary), and a 250-page hardcover catalog that includes essays by Waters, revered Wesleyan University film professor Jeanine Basinger, “The Wire” creator David Simon, and Waters interviews conducted by Ricki Lake, Kathleen Turner, Iggy Pop, Sean Baker, and more. “We all know that films are made everywhere in the world, and they are wonderful films.

“It matters for Los Angeles to have this film museum,” the actor told the press on September 20. Co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay, and Ryan Murphy, the gala honored Sophia Loren and Meg’s frequent collaborator Tom Hanks on Saturday evening.ĭuring a preview ahead of the gala last week, Tom stressed the importance of the museum for the arts. Nicole Kidman, Spike Lee, Regina King, and Lady Gaga were just a few of the attendees. The You’ve Got Mail starlet was joined by other star-studded Hollywood veterans to celebrate the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Picture, which will open to the public on September 30. Her signature blonde hair was styled in loose waves as she rocked the black maxi dress with thigh high slit, padded shoulders and draping in the back. Meg looked lovely in the chic number created by the coveted Russian designer. The Golden Globe-nominee - who turns 60 on November 19 - walked the carpet in a custom Ulyana Sergeenko floral gown while attending the star-studded affair.

Meg Ryan attends the the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Gala on September 25 (Rob Latour/Shutterstock) The 59-year-old When Harry Met Sally actress looked youthful as ever while posing for photographers at the Los Angeles event on Saturday, Sept. Meg Ryan made a rare public appearance while hitting the “green” carpet at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Gala.