Lust in the Dust

Lust in the Dust

After forming a match made in trash-movie heaven in John Waters's Polyester, Tab Hunter and Divine reunited for this deliciously tasteless Western comedy, which borrows its title from the nickname for Duel in the Sun, the turgid Western that inspired director Paul Bartel's affectionate spoofery. With Hunter wearing two hats as hero and coproducer, the movie indulges its own outrageous excess while staying true to the dustiest traditions of the Western genre. It's just good enough to watch without shame, and rude enough to hide from more offendable members of the family. Nothing's sacred in Chile Verde, the wild western town where lone gunman Abel Wood (Hunter) arrives after rescuing corpulent saloon singer Rosie Velez (Divine) from being defiled by Hard Case Williams (Geoffey Lewis) and his gang of misfit gunslingers. Saloon owner Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan) gets hot 'n' heavy for Abel's wood, and passions flare up in a race for hidden treasure, the map to which is tattooed in two sections on Rosie's and Marguerita's ample posteriors. To reveal more would spoil the wretched hilarity; one needn't love Westerns to enjoy this pig-wallow of a comedy, but it helps if you know the legacy of screen villains like Henry Silva, who's riotous here while barely shifting his vile expression. No doubt, this is the wackiest Western that ever cooked under the "blistering, burning, blazing, scorching, roasting, toasting, baking, boiling, broiling, steaming, searing, sizzling, grilling, smoldering, very hot New Mexico sun." --Jeff Shannon

Genre: Comedy, Western
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Year:
1985
1,761 Views

Rosie Velez:
Always the little ones got something to prove.

Rosie Velez:
Marguerita?

Marguerita Ventura:
The customers call me "Marguerita". The territory calls me "Marguerita". My real close friends call me "Miss Ventura."

Marguerita Ventura:
You b*tch!

Rosie Velez:
Ever since I came here, you've done nothing but treat me like sh*t. Who the hell do you think you are? Yeah, I was a dance hall girl, but what makes you so high and mighty? You own a whorehouse! A whorehouse!... and with only three whores in it. One of them is just a senile old cow.

Rosie Velez:
No offense, honey.

Rosie Velez:
And the other one's so new at it, she doesn't know which end to use. So what does that make you? The only whore in Chili Verde. Yeah, I came here for the gold, because I've been poor all my life.

Marguerita Ventura:
You've got it all wrong, honey. You've been cheap all your life.

Rosie Velez:
Cheap?

Rosie Velez:
This furniture is cheap.

Father Garcia:
Do not be afraid, my son. They will not shoot while I am beside you.

Hardcase Williams:
Hah! Don't count on it, Father. It's a good day for me when I get to kill a priest!

Father Garcia:
I'll be in the church.

Rosie Velez:
My gin!

Rosie Velez:
Only a few more little miles. Only a few more itsy-bitsy, eeny-weeny little miles...

Rosie Velez:
... and then you can drop dead, you miserable hunk of sh*t!

Rosie Velez:
No! Stop! Wait! I'm a...

Rosie Velez:
...virgin.

Hard Case Williams:
A virgin? Really?

Hard Case Williams:
That DOES make a difference. Then I'LL go first.

Hard Case Williams:
I've had carnal knowledge of 215 women and two goats...

Chang, Hard Case Gang:
And the chicken?

Rosie Velez:
I spy with my little eye something that begins with "C". Give up? CHILE VERDE!

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