A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.
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- 1 nomination
- Mexican, Hardcase's Gang
- (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)
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- TriviaJohn Waters was asked to direct the film, but declined because he hadn't written the script.
- Quotes
Marguerita Ventura: You bitch!
Rosie Velez: Ever since I came here, you've done nothing but treat me like shit. Who the hell do you think you are? Yeah, I was a dance hall girl, but what makes you so high and mighty? You own a whorehouse! A whorehouse!... and with only three whores in it. One of them is just a senile old cow.
[aside to Big Ed]
Rosie Velez: No offense, honey.
[back to Maguerita]
Rosie Velez: And the other one's so new at it, she doesn't know which end to use. So what does that make you? The only whore in Chili Verde. Yeah, I came here for the gold, because I've been poor all my life.
Marguerita Ventura: You've got it all wrong, honey. You've been cheap all your life.
Rosie Velez: Cheap?
[picks up a chair, and breaks it over Maguerita]
Rosie Velez: This furniture is cheap.
- ConnectionsFeatured in More Lust, Less Dust (2001)
- SoundtracksTarnished Tumbleweed
Music & Lyrics by Karen Hart
Arranged & Conducted by Peter Matz
Performed by Mike Stull
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 tattoos, and... well... lust in the dust. What else? I may be overly generous in granting this film five 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 fun.
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- gftbiloxi
- Feb 3, 2008
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $727,639
- Gross worldwide
- $727,639
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes