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"The Notorious Bettie Page"
Just wanted to throw this out there. I had an oportunity to see this film and wanted to get others opinion on this. Personally, I thought it was well done. I saw the E True Hollywood story on her a couple of years ago, and thought it was very interesting. When I heard they were making her life story into a movie, I was intrigued, and waited for it with anticipation. Besides Gretchen Mole playing the part :-)~ I thought it was an interesting story about that time period and How sensorship played a role in society. I also found it interesting that in the bondage pictures that Bettie did back then with Irving, and Paula Klaw back then, and even though there wasn't really any sex acts, or actual nudity, the pictures were considered, back then "pornographic" and Never mind the fact that the actual nudity that Bettie Paige did was with the camera clubs, and with Bunny Yeager who aparently were not indicted (at least not to my knowlege). I know the moveie did not hit the Big theatres, but if you did see it, what was your opinion?? If you do not have a theatre near you that is playing it, then when it does come out on DVD, I strongly recomend it. Nuff said for now Kevin Jun 09 06 05:43 pm Link My opinion is that it was a good movie. A girl found something that she liked to do (though not her first choice of career) and did it well. My ex wife saw a whole bunch of bad guys taking advantage of an ignorant country girl in the big city. But she otherwise liked the movie itself. Perspectives vary. -Don Jun 09 06 05:47 pm Link Is she related to "Biggie/B.I.G"? Jun 09 06 05:50 pm Link Liked Gretchen Mol. The photography was ok. Hated every other aspect of the movie. One of those films that just fill you with distaste for all humankind. Made by misanthropes with axes to grind. How can Bettie Page NOT bring a smile to anybody's face? And they just had to go and effing ruin it... (My opinion only, not the least bit offended if others don't agree.) Jun 09 06 05:55 pm Link Im very much looking forward to seeing it. I had also seen a life story of her a few years ago on tv. I thought she was incredibly intresting. Jun 09 06 06:02 pm Link Jun 09 06 06:14 pm Link Bad Guys?? Geesh, I wouldn't necesarily call camera clubs a band of bad guys. I mean she was open to all that was aimed at her. And again, Irving Klaw, who took provocative bondage pics of her, there was no real sex acts nor nudity involved. My wife commented on something. Interesting though, after she was aparently gang banged or raped (Real Bad guys) which prompted her to skip town. One would think that she would have lost all trust in men or people in general, yet her free spirit allowed her to put herself in front of the camera clubs and whoever. People who you do not take as trustworthy, at first. Go figure. She was obviously someone who loved attention. What I would like to know is what Betty may have thought of the movie herself, and if she thought it was a fair interpretation of her life. D. Brian Nelson wrote: Jun 10 06 03:13 pm Link when they finally did the follow up interview with her about her movie she said she wasn't ashamed of what she had done in her life but she wanted people to remember her that way not as the old woman she's become. They found her giving out bibles at an airport, as she returned to her religious roots. She said she was disappointed in a lot of the sexual angles that pop culture has taken her image but that she knows god forgives her and she puts faith in gods hands. That for me was the interesting extreme. From most famous pin-up/fetish model of alt culture to extremely religious conservative. Jun 10 06 03:20 pm Link has anyone in the jacksonville, fl area seen this movie? i am willing to make a drive to see it, i love me some bettie page, and theaters around here dont really play more independent movies. Jun 10 06 03:20 pm Link I thought the girl they picked to play her wasnt right for the role. In all honesty, Bettie got where she is today, mainly based on her figure-hair cut-and photos. The girl didnt have an hour glass figure.Which to me would have been one of most important things needed to play the role. Jun 10 06 03:25 pm Link DeathbyNew-Wave wrote: true, i have seen many girls who more greatly resemble her than gretchen mol. she was the definition of hourglass, even more than i knew, as txphotog has helped me learn Jun 10 06 03:31 pm Link baelie wrote: Baelie, I am from Orlando area, not far from you, where I saw the movie was near in this area. It played at the Enzian, which is a nice theatre/cafe, which delves primarily in Indy films. Sadly I checked, and "The Notorious Bettie Page" is no longer playing at there. I am not that familiar with what Jacksonville anymore, having grown up in the Orange park area, or what they have to offer as far as indy film theatres. But I am sure the DVD will be out in a few months. Good Luck. Jun 10 06 03:36 pm Link Kevin Rodgers wrote: hey thanks for the help! ah well, ill see it soon enough i guess. Jun 10 06 07:28 pm Link DeathbyNew-Wave wrote: I think Gretchen Mol did a fair rendition of playing Betty herself. I think they were trying to cast someone to actually play the Free Spirit yet naive southern girl from Tennesee. Instead of an exact lookalike. I agree that Gretchens figure did not exactly match that of Betty Page. None the less, she did look very nice (in my opinion). Jun 10 06 08:41 pm Link I thought it was worth seeing. It was medium good. I think it was filmed for this day in age, for audiences of 2006, so I don't think it's not particularly a history documentary. For me, it was kind of lame and sanitized, with the purpose of hitting on her fame for the sake of selling a movie. If it did not have a Bettie Page label, I don't think it would have survived as a movie. I enjoyed it. Mostly, I enjoyed seeing the famous photographer D. Brian Nelson a few rows in front of me. We enjoyed a glass of wine and some laughs together afterwards. Click Hamilton www.pbase.com/click_hamilton Jun 10 06 11:27 pm Link bump Jun 13 06 06:53 pm Link |
