Polyester (film)
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Polyester is a 1981 American satirical black comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Waters, and starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink St
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Tab Hunter and Divine in a publicity still for the film
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Douglas Sirk
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Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for the film melodramas he directed in Hollywood during the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his care
Polyester (film)
…Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, and Stiv Bators. It satirizes the melodrama film genre and the "woman's film" category, particularly the work of Douglas Sirk, which directly influenced this film. The film is also a satire of suburban life in the early 1980s, involving topics such as divorce, abortion, adultery…
Sirk in 1955
Poster for the film Written on the Wind
Sirk and actors on the set of All That Heaven Allows (1955). Left to right: Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Sirk, and Agnes Moorehead