▁fil med ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁Barry ▁Le vin son , ▁a ▁Baltimore ▁native ▁and ▁film maker , ▁made ▁many ▁Baltimore - based ▁films , ▁including : ▁D iner , ▁A val on , ▁T in ▁Men , ▁and ▁Liber ty ▁He ights . ▁Baltimore ans ▁are ▁extremely ▁fond ▁of ▁Le vin son ' s ▁mov ies ▁as ▁his ▁actors ▁either ▁use ▁a ▁thick ▁East ▁Baltimore ▁acc ent ▁or ▁the ▁l ighter ▁West ▁Baltimore ▁acc ent . ▁ ▁Another ▁Baltimore ▁native ▁and ▁film maker , ▁John ▁W aters , ▁makes ▁sub vers ive ▁films ▁that ▁gl am or ize ▁the ▁less ▁soci ally ▁acceptable ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁culture . ▁Many ▁scenes ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁cult ▁classic ▁film ▁P ink ▁Fl aming os ▁were ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁city ' s ▁W aver ly ▁and ▁H amp den ▁neighborhood s . ▁P ink ▁Fl aming os ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁of ▁W aters ' ▁cult ▁films . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁W aters ▁released ▁the ▁more ▁main stream ▁Poly ester ▁with ▁" O dor ama " ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁make ▁Cec il ▁B . ▁D ement ed , ▁Cry - b aby , ▁Pe cker , ▁and ▁Serial ▁M om . ▁ ▁To ▁date , ▁H air sp ray , ▁W aters ' ▁t ribute ▁to ▁The ▁Bud dy ▁De ane ▁Show - era ▁Baltimore , ▁has ▁been ▁his ▁most ▁successful ▁commercial ▁effort . ▁He ▁released ▁H air sp ray ▁as ▁a ▁film