Three Desperate Living Women

When I saw that today was the 40th anniversary of Star Wars I remembered that we'd celebrated The Movies of 1977 already in our "Siri Series" and I went to see what other movies would be turning 40 this year and lo behold whaddya know Robert Altman's magnificently strange and unsettling film 3 Womenwas also released in theaters on this very day, May 25th, in the year 1977. I realize that Star Wars changed the movies, period, and as such should be honored... but I'm more excited to celebrate  3 Women. Let's all watch it tonight!

In other anniversary news John Waters' film Desperate Living was released on May 27th 1977, meaning it turns 40 this weekend. DL's a mixed bag but its opening scenes of Mink Stole having an epic suburban meltdown -- "Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother I hate you!" -- are among the director's greatest, and there's lots of rancid lesbionic fun to be had off in Mortville.

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In order to celebrate Desperate Living we can do better than just re-watching the movie, though -- opening today at the La Mama Galleria gallery here in New York is a show called "Lost Merchandise of the Dreamlanders," which is filled with artist renditions of what movie merch for John Waters' movies would've (should've) looked like - there are apparently action figures and and sheet sets and all kinds of goodies! Hip hip hooray for our collective cheap climaxes!!