QFT Late: Polyester (Odorama Screening)

For his first studio picture, filth maestro John Waters (Pink Flamingos) took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama.

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 turns to the bottle as her life falls apart—until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow (vintage heartthrob Tab Hunter).

One of Waters’ most hilarious inventions, Polyester is replete with stomach-churning smells, sadistic nuns, AA meetings, and foot stomping galore.

Attendees will be provided with a Scratch 'n' Sniff card and will be instructed by the film when to rub the number on the card and experience all the ‘delightful’ smells at the same time as Francine does on screen.

You may also like the following events from Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast:

• This Sunday, 22nd February, 12:30 pm, NISF X LUMI: The Last Unicorn in Belfast
• This Sunday, 22nd February, 02:35 pm, SCREEN/PRINT: Portrait of a Lady on Fire in Belfast
• This Sunday, 22nd February, 02:45 pm, Frederick Wiseman: National Gallery in Belfast

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