| Eat Your Makeup | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Waters |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Produced by | John Waters |
| Starring | Maelcum Soul David Lochary Divine |
| Cinematography | John Waters |
| Edited by | John Waters |
| Distributed by | Dreamland |
Release date |
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Running time | 45 min. |
| Country | United States |
Eat Your Makeup is a 1968 short film directed by John Waters, starring Marina Melin, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Howard Gruber, and Maelcum Soul.
It was John Waters' first film production to be shot on 16mm film; his prior films were shot on 8mm stock.
The film has never been shown commercially, or released on home video. However, since 2004 it has been screened occasionally as part of various John Waters touring art exhibitions.
A deranged nanny (Maelcum Soul) kidnaps young girls and forces them to model themselves to death in front of her boyfriend (David Lochary) and their crazed friends. Highlights include, one of the spectators (Divine) fantasizing that he is Jackie Kennedy, reliving the JFK assassination in his mind and a starving model clawing her way up a sand dune while crying out.
The film was originally only released in a church basement but has been screened occasionally at Waters' exhibits through the years.
