--- title: 'Polyester (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'John Waters' released: '1981-05-29' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/polyester-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082926/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Polyester (1981) 1981 · 85 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Polyester is a 1981 American satirical black comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Waters, and starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, and Stiv Bators. It satirizes the melodrama film genre and the "woman's film" category, particularly the work of Douglas Sirk, which directly influenced this film. The film is also a satire of suburban life in the early 1980s, involving topics such as divorce, abortion, adultery, alcoholism, racial stereotypes, foot fetishism, and the religious right. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Waters](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-waters) - **Screenplay:** [John Waters](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-waters) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Kamen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kamen), [Blondie](https://cinepixo.com/people/blondie), [Debbie Harry](https://cinepixo.com/people/debbie-harry), [Chris Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-stein) - **Producer:** [Robert Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaye), [Michael White](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-white) ## Cast - [Tab Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tab-hunter) - [Cookie Mueller](https://cinepixo.com/people/cookie-mueller) - [Stiv Bators](https://cinepixo.com/people/stiv-bators) - [Mink Stole](https://cinepixo.com/people/mink-stole) - [Divine](https://cinepixo.com/people/divine) - [Edith Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-massey) - [Mary Vivian Pearce](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-vivian-pearce) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/polyester-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1425404); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.