A collective book that pays tribute to the figure and work of John Waters, the cult filmmaker par excellence.

Over the years, John Waters has become a reference figure not only in American underground cinema but in pop culture in general. In his long career, which ranges from trash classics like Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, or Cosa de hembras to more mainstream titles like Hairspray or Los asesinatos de mamá, the Baltimore filmmaker has repeatedly explored a series of thematic and formal obsessions that deserved to be studied in a single book.

Long live trash! The cinema of John Waters as you've never been told before is a tribute to a director who, accompanied by a troupe of loyal actors and actresses – the so-called dreamlanders – such as Mink Stole, Patricia Hearst, Susan Lowe, and especially the legendary Divine, pushed the limits of what was allowed to be seen on the big screen with great doses of humor, irreverence, and transgression.

This book features contributions from Valeria Vegas, Álex Ander, Álex Mendíbil, Javier Parra, La Caneli, Esty Quesada, Sandra Astor, Adrián Silvestre, Xavi Sánchez Pons, and Carlos Barea, who offer their vision and analysis of Waters' cinematic and cultural universe.