Roman Candles

Roman Candles

28 mins | May 10, 1967

John Waters' second film, shot on 8mm, and featuring Divine for the first time. Essentially 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 in public, but never released commercially.

Roman Candles

28 mins | May 10, 1967

Roman Candles
John Waters' second film, shot on 8mm, and featuring Divine for the first time. Essentially 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 in public, but never released commercially.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Dreamland
Original title Roman Candles
Directors John Waters
Writers John Waters

Cast

Divine

as Party Guest / Man with Scarf

Mark Isherwood

as Man in Bed

David Lochary

as Reading Man

Mona Montgomery

as Bride with Whip / Woman in Bed

Pat Moran

as Party Guest

Mary Vivian Pearce

as Woman Attacked by Fan

Bob Skidmore

as Man with Electric Fan / Man in Bed

Maelcum Soul

as Smoking Nun

Mink Stole

as Party Guest