Special
Screening with Tab Hunter in Appearance!
LUST IN THE DUST hosted by TAB HUNTER
(US, R, 1985, 84 min) 35mm
 He
Rode The West... The Girls Rode The Rest! Together They Ravaged The
Land!
After forming a match made in trash-movie heaven in John Waters'
Polyester, Tab Hunter and Divine reunited for this deliciously
tasteless Western comedy, which borrows its title from the nickname for
Duel in the Sun, the turgid Western that inspired director Paul
Bartel's affectionate spoofery. With Hunter wearing two hats as hero
and co-producer, the movie indulges its own outrageous excess while
staying true to the dustiest traditions of the Western genre. It's just
good enough to watch without shame, and rude enough to hide from more
easily offended members of the family. Nothing's sacred in Chile Verde,
the wild western town where lone gunman Abel Wood (Hunter) arrives
after rescuing corpulent saloon singer Rosie Velez (Divine) from being
defiled by Hard Case Williams (Geoffey Lewis) and his gang of misfit
gunslingers. Saloon owner Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan) gets hot
'n' heavy for Abel's wood, and passions flare up in a race for hidden
treasure, the map to which is tattooed in two sections on Rosie's and
Marguerita's ample posteriors. To reveal more would spoil the wretched
hilarity; one needn't love Westerns to enjoy this pig-wallow of a
comedy, but it helps if you know the legacy of screen villains like
Henry Silva, whose riotous here while barely shifting his vile
expression. No doubt, this is the wackiest Western that ever cooked
under the "blistering, burning, blazing, scorching, roasting, toasting,
baking, boiling, broiling, steaming, searing, sizzling, grilling,
smoldering, very hot New Mexico sun."
Viewer's Guide: Nudity and language.
Tickets: $12
Saturday 4:45 pm Fletcher Hall
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