Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]csocolow wrote: >><snip> > Pecker is a movie by John Waters. It's about a kid who's an amateur > photographer in Baltimore and is "discovered" by the New York art world. > He's made an instant celebrity. John Waters resists no opportunity to > poke fun at sacred cows, to illustrate his films with Baltimore's fringe > cultures and to generally make a good piece of satire. It's funny. Has > its moments of tastelessness but not grossly offensive and the kid, > Pecker, actually has some nice street-style photos. > -- > Carl Socolow I brings up some interesting issues about being a photographer and what photography is and does that no other flick has. But unfortunately I disagree, Carl, with you on the effectiveness of the film as I feel little of it "works" and it just comes across as inept. I came close to trying to calling up John Waters on the phone and demanding my $3.33 rental back! I like most of his films. Mark Rabiner