'Two More Movies -- That's Enough': Is John Waters Retiring?
We all knew John Waters is something of a fine-art obsessive -- but obsessive enough to give up filmmaking for a late career change? Sequestered at the end of a lengthy, loving Waters profile in the new issue of Modern Painters, the 63-year-old director recounts the difficulty of getting his long-developing Christmas film Fruitcake off the ground, adding casually that the project represents 50 percent of his remaining movie output:
Financing for what Waters was hoping would be his next movie [...] has fallen through twice. "I want to do two more movies -- that's enough," he tells me. "I hope I can make two more." He's now 63 and says he'd be fine focusing on his writing, his art, and his one-man show, which he performs across the country about 25 times a year.
Well, he's earned it. On the other hand, no cheating! Co-writing Hairspray 2 doesn't count. Give us another full-blown NC-17 trashterpiece or nothing.
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Sadface. I did enjoy his art exhibit that was here not so long ago so if there's more of that to look forward to..
I'd like to see Waters direct an episode of True Blood. His take on Hoyt's Mama, and Bill's music collection alone would be worth it.
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