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Directed by: Chris
Metzler and Jeff Springer Narrated by: John
Waters Music by: Friends of Dean
Martinez Contact:
metzler@rocketmail.com "Weird and wonderful." -
The New Times "A heartbreaking,
sidesplitting parade of humanity." - Village
Voice "Historically thorough
and thoroughly hysterical." - L.A. Weekly "Droll, deadpan... A
fascinating, nutty story, a kind of Chinatown gone wrong (or
gone more wrong.) - Chicago Tribune "One-of-a-kind
documentary... A startlingly funny portrait of Gothic
Americana."- Christian Science Monitor "An interesting,
disturbing, and humorous look at environmental disaster." -
The Berkeley Daily Planet "A hilarious and kindly
ode to a fallen paradise." - SF Weekly "Four stars!
Offering you a vacation like you've never had
before...in this charming, yet sad documentary." - Film
Threat Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly
upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of
the Salton Sea, an inland ocean of massive fish kills,
rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes
from urban Southern California. This award-winning film from
directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer details the rise
and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the
"California Riviera" where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in
paradise to its present state as a decaying, forgotten
ecological disaster. From wonderland to wasteland,
PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA captures a
place far more interesting than the shopping malls and
parking lots of suburban America, a wacky world where a
beer-swilling Hungarian Revolutionary, a geriatric nudist,
and a religious zealot building a monument to God all find
solace and community. Crisply and hilariously narrated by
oddball auteur John Waters, and featuring music by desert
lounge rockers Friends of Dean Martinez, PLAGUES &
PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA melds high camp with stark
realism, offering both a sobering message about the
consequences of tampering with nature and a heart-warming
tale of individualism.