March 17, 1972 –
John Water presented Divine to an unsuspecting world: Pink Flamingos, opened in Baltimore on this date. (In 2021, this cult classic was inducted into the National Film Registery of important films that need to be preserved.)
According to production designer Vincent Peranio, the art department’s budget was about $200. Half went to purchasing the trailer, half to decorating it. “And then after that (running out of money), we would just steal things.“
The Haus of Dcaligari 