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Directed by: John Waters
Featuring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Edith Massey, Susan Lowe
The gloriously grotesque second feature directed by John Waters is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema’s most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters’ native Baltimore, with the filmmaker taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show mounted by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than-life Divine, out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair. Starring Waters’ beloved regular cast the Dreamlanders (including David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, George Figgs, and Cookie Mueller), Multiple Maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of good taste for decades.
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Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Video Essay, Insert
- New audio commentary featuring John Waters
- New interviews with cast and crew members Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, and George Figgs
- New video essay by scholar Gary Needham
- An essay by critic Linda Yablonsky
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Release Credits
Artwork: Eric Skillman
Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Release Notes on Restoration
Multiple Maniacs
Multiple Maniacs is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also appear on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. This film was shot on an Auricon 16mm camera using Kodak black-and-white reversal film with audio magnetic strip. Additional exterior footage was filmed on a Bell & Howell hand-cranked camera. Kodak Plux-X film was used for the exteriors, while Kodak Tri-X was used for interiors. The reversal original was kept in Waters’ closet from 1970 until he moved in 1990, after which it was kept in Waters’ attic at occasional 100-plus-degree temperatures—until the Criterion Collection retrieved it and scanned it in 4K resolution on a Lasergraphics Director film scanner at Metropolis Post in New York. The film was in remarkably good condition even after its tumultuous nonarchival history. Digital restoration techniques were used to stabilize the film; clean up dirt, scratches, and debris; and give Multiple Maniacs a new shine for its digital premiere.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at from the original 16mm magnetic audio track and digitized in 96K resolution at DJ Audio in Burbank, California. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at from the original 16mm magnetic audio track and digitized in 96K resolution at DJ Audio in Burbank, California. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.