Movie Reviews for Lust in the Dust

Lust in the Dust

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Movie Reviews of Lust in the Dust

Movie Review: Ole Every Day!
Summary: 4 Stars

Divine, the alter ego of Glen Milstead (1945-1988), first burst onto an unsuspecting public with such notorious John Waters films as the infamous PINK FLAMINGOS, dishing up bad-taste humor in proportion with her truly ample size. But there was more to Divine than drag queen humor, and LUST IN THE DUST offers her a less extreme playground, pitting her against a lone gunman (Tab Hunter), a vicious saloon floozie (Lainie Kazan), and a host of desperados in a flyweight send up the spaghetti westerns so popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Directed by Paul Bartel, best known for his 1982 black comedy EATING RAOUL, LUST IN THE DUST is essentially the very slight story of a search for gold--a search that leads Able Wood (Hunter), Marguarite Ventura (Kazan), and Rosie Velez (Divine) to the isolated old west one horse town of Chile Verde. There, with support from the likes of Cesar Romero, they snap, snarl, break up furniture, sing bawdy songs, show their tatoos, and... well... lust in the dust. What else?

I may be overly generous in granting this film four stars. The film is occasionally slow and there's nothing greatly inspired about plot, script, and so on--but the performers make the whole thing a lot of fun. Divine wallows, Kazan hisses, and Hunter sweats with the best of 'em, and when it comes to one-liners the movie overflows with both the obvious and very unexpected. Yes, it's all very silly stuff, but everybody puts it over with flair and a sense of fun; you'll grin in spite of yourself. The DVD offers a reasonable, if not pristine, print of the film--and there's even a bonus package: the film trailer and an entertaining little "making of" documentary.

If you're already a Divine fan, LUST IN THE DUST is a must; if you've never encountered Divine, this would be a good place to start, for it lacks the truly jaw-dropping (and frequently off-putting) content of Divine's work for John Waters. Two tons of big fun!

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Movie Review: Chile Verde Revisited
Summary: 4 Stars

Being a huge fan of late greats Divine and Paul Bartel, I've been a fan of this film for many years. I just purchased the DVD edition of this film and was pleasantly surprised by the packaging and information on this disk. The menus are adorned with huge, scary close-ups of Divine's face with the Lust in the Dust theme song playing over the menu selections. It's pretty great! But, best of all, is the 16 minute featurette, More Lust Less Dust which features interviews with stars Tab Hunter and Lainie Kazan as well as other people related with the project. They talk about the fun atmosphere and location shooting (highlighted with stills and home movies) and feature many rare images of Divine and Bartel. The most interesting aspect in the documentary was the discussion of how they wanted to keep the film from being a "John Waters film without John Waters" and the very surprising footage of Edith Massey's screen test for the film! Ultimately, she wasn't used. All in all, a great and funny disc (and at times a touching tribute) that wonderfully displays many of the talents of these two talented (and underestimated) men; Divine and Paul Bartel. We will miss them!

Movie Review: It's worth it!
Summary: 4 Stars

No, it's not Academy Award calibre, and it isn't going to cure all the world's ills, and it won't even make any reviewer's Top Ten lists. But, this is still a very funny movie, with some priceless scenes and quips, and excellent campy performances from Divine and Lainie Kazan. If you are a pretentious snob or drama queen, don't bother. If you're in the mood for cheap and taudry humor, this is your movie. I love it.

Movie Review: A Divine Western
Summary: 4 Stars

This may be Divine's most "mainstream" role, but (s)he's lots of fun as always. My favorite lines are "Do you like it? It's imported!", and "Cheap? This furniture's cheap!". Great western camp.

The DVD has an interesting documentary on the making of the movie.