Polyester

Polyester

It’s Scentsational!

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Release Date

5/29/1981

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$300,000

Revenue

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A gloriously deranged descent into suburban chaos where nothing is sacred and everything smells terrible. Waters' trashy melodrama operates on pure campy energy, transforming genuine dysfunction into something perversely entertaining.

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AbsurdUnsettlingBittersweet

Themes

FamilyComing apartIdentity

Tone

Satirical

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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AddictionSexual content

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