This Filthy World

This Filthy World
John Waters
Directed byJeff Garlin
Written byJohn Waters
Produced byJeff Garlin
StarringJohn Waters
CinematographyDaniel Shulman
Edited byJared Gustaldt
Rob Naylor
Music byJared Gustaldt
Lukas Kaiser
Distributed byRed Envelope Entertainment
Release date
  • November 24, 2006 (2006-11-24)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

This Filthy World is a one-man show/documentary film by John Waters about his life and career. A filmed version of the show was directed by Jeff Garlin, recorded at the Harry DeJour Playhouse in New York City in 2006, and released later that year by Red Envelope Entertainment.[1]

Waters has performed a speaking engagement under the title This Filthy World since around 2003, though he frequently updates it to include new anecdotes and references to current events; in 2013, he said that "maybe 2%" of the show's material at that point was the same as the version featured in the film.[2][3]

  1. ^ "This Filthy World Movie Details". Metacritic. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Visco, Jerry (July 18, 2013). "Coming In with John Waters". Interview. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Walters, Ben (November 8, 2018). "John Waters: why the auteur of outrage won't joke about the Manson murders". The Guardian. Retrieved May 15, 2023.