The Notorious Bettie Page
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bettie Page: Desired and notorious |
| Original title | The Notorious Bettie Page |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mary Harron |
| script | Mary Harron Guinevere Turner |
| production |
Pamela Koffler John Marshall Katie Roumel Christine Vachon |
| music |
Joseph S. DeBeasi Mark Suozzo |
| camera | W. Mott Hupfel III |
| cut | Tricia Cooke |
| occupation | |
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The Notorious Bettie Page is an American feature film by director Mary Harron from the year 2005 . The film describes the career of the well-known nude model Bettie Page , who is also known as the “queen of pin-up ”.
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Bettie Page ( Gretchen Mol ) , who comes from a poor, religiously conservative background in Tennessee , meets a police officer with photographic ambitions who introduces her to other photographers. Page initially models for photographer clubs, sometimes also naked. In the early 1950s, photos of her appear on the covers of men's magazines and she models for the photographer Irving Klaw , who distributes photographs with bondage and sadomasochistic motifs by mail. She becomes the first known bondage model.
Eventually she gets caught in the crosshairs of a Senate committee on pornography . Originally also from Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver , in the film played by David Strathairn , she takes the cross-examination and wants to promote through them his crusade against the alleged moral decay by pornography.
backgrounds
- The film was shot mostly in black and white. The partially used color photographs are reminiscent of the " Kodachrome " color spectrum typical of the 1950s .
- The film is a production by the private broadcaster HBO, known for its ambitious projects .
- The production had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 2005 .
- The film had its German premiere at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section.
Awards
- CineKink Awards - 2006
- Honoring outstanding depictions of kink in mainstream film and television
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Web links
- The Notorious Bettie Page in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alternate Takes (Detailed Consideration)