Screening:
Friday, April 28, 8:00 PM, Charles 1
See a Real Player clip of John Water's Introduction to the Screening.

Clean, Shaven is first and foremost a character study of a schizophrenic who undergoes an emotional crisis in his life. Plagued by hallucinations, Peter Winter flees an obscured, violent past and returns to his hometown in search of his daughter who is deliberately being kept from him. As he searches for her, his world becomes increasingly chaotic, and he starts to self-destruct. Director, Lodge Kerrigan, uses visual and particularly sound design to mirror the destructive, fractured experiential nature of schizophrenia.

Tidbit:
"There is not the slightest bit of irony in my selection this year."-John Waters

Bio:
Legendary director John Waters is Baltimore nobility. William Burroughs ordained him the "Pope of Trash." He has been making and showing films in Baltimore since the mid-sixties. His counterculture masterpiece Pink Flamingos made Divine a star and garnered Waters international acclaim and noteriety. In a single moment at the film's conclusion, he trumped Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, and made cinematic history. Since then Waters has continued to shock and amuse audiences with his own brand of humor. First with more midnight movies like Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and the Odorama sensation Polyester, then in 1988 with the (gasp!) "family film" Hairspray. As Waters continues to write and direct such films as Cry Baby, Serial Mom, and Pecker, he has published four books. Appears regularly on the late-night talk show circuit, is a renowned public speaker who lectures on college campuses, and shows his photographic art in galleries around the world. His latest film Cecil B. Demented will hit theaters later this year.