Roman Candles (1967)

overview : Shot on 8mm, and featuring the introduction of Divine, John Waters' sophomore film is a plotless collage of random incidents involving sex, drugs, religion and The Wizard of Oz, it was shown with an equally random soundtrack mixing “obnoxious radio advertisements, rock 'n' roll and press conferences with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother”. It was shown three times publicly, but never released commercially.

Release Date : May 10, 1967

Runtime : 28m

Genre : Comedy  

Companies : Dreamland

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : short film, low budget