Glen Milstead was a fat faggy boy from suburban Maryland who
dreamed of being a star and he made it. A film about Glen’s life made its
Hollywood Blvd. debut at the America Cineamatique’s Grauman’s Egyptian Theater.
The title of the movie is “I Am Divine”. Glen Milstead was Divine; Divine was
Glen Milstead. Divine was going to be a
star and he didn’t care what he had to do to do it. If he had to eat dog shit
so be it!
“I am Divine” is a documentary film by Los Angeles based
film maker Jeffery Schwarz. The film
follows the life of Glen Milstead and his becoming Divine. Schwarz has filled the film with hilarious
interviews with friends and co-workers of Divine including Frances Milstead, Divine’s mother. His friends all speak
highly of him as a person but do not turn him into a saint. He was overweight
and smoked a lot of pot and his friends have no qualms about talking about
it. The Dreamlanders talk about his
early life in the sub-culture of Charm City (Baltimore) and the early truly
underground films. As the film goes on
the people he worked with in the later years also get into the act and talk
lovingly about working with Divine.
“I am Divine” is now out in limited release but if you are a fan it is a must see.
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