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I had a vague idea of who Bettie Page was, partly due to her appearance in the very wee days of Playboy (apparently, when she got her photo taken of her and her Santa hat, just that, she didn't know what the mag was). The movie, co-written and directed by American Psycho's Mary Harron, fleshes out the key parts of her life well enough. A southern belle of a church goer has some bad experiences and leaves them behind to seek better times in New York City, where she gets into modeling, and from there a lot more. Soon, she becomes the underground pin-up sensation, with bondage the obvious (and "notorious" of the title) trait attributed to her. The actress Gretchen Moll portrays her, and gets down the spirit of this woman about as well as she could, which is really a lot of the success of the film. She's not a simplistic character, even if at times her ideas of morality are questionable ("well, Adam and Eve were naked, weren't they?" she comments a couple of times). Apparently, the filmmakers leave out the later years of Page's life and leave off with her in a kind of redemptive period, leaving behind the photo shoots for Jesus.

In all, the Notrious Bettie Page is not much more than a kind of usual bio-pic presented by HBO films, albeit this time with the stamina for a feature-film release. The best scenes that Harron captures are Page in her "questionable" positions, getting photos of her in over-the-top poses and starring in ridiculous films of whips and chains and leather uniforms. This adds a much needed comic relief to the film's otherwise usual nature. It's not that the story behind it is uninteresting, which involves the government's investigation into the 'smut' that came out of such photos and underground magazines. But there isn't much time given to explore more of what is merely hinted at, with Page and her complexities or her relationships or to sex and the fifties. It's all given a really neat black and white look and sometimes it seemed as if Harron was progressing some of the black and white photos to be tinted more as it went along. It's a watchable view if you're not too knowledgeable of Bette Page, and probably for fans too.
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Jag hade en vag uppfattning om vem Bettie Page var, delvis på grund av hennes utseende i den mycket lilla tiden av Playboy (synbarligen, när hon fick sitt foto taget av henne och hennes tomte hatt, bara det, hon visste inte vad mag var). Filmen, som är samskriven och regisserad av American Psycho's Mary Harron, fyller ut de viktigaste delarna av hennes liv tillräckligt bra. En sydlig bälg av en kyrkobesökare har en del dåliga erfarenheter och lämnar dem efter sig för att söka bättre tider i New York, där hon kommer in på modellering, och därifrån mycket mer. Snart blir hon den underjordiska pin-up sensationen, med träldom det uppenbara (och "notorious" av titeln) draget som tillskrivs henne. Skådespelerskan Gretchen Moll porträtterar henne, och får ner andan hos denna kvinna ungefär så bra hon kunde, vilket verkligen är en stor del av filmens framgång. Hon är inte en förenklad karaktär, även om hennes moralidéer ibland är tvivelaktiga ("ja, Adam och Eva var nakna, eller hur?" hon kommenterar ett par gånger). Tydligen utelämnar filmskaparna de senare åren av Pages liv och lämnar av med henne i en slags redemptiv period, vilket lämnar bakom sig fotograferingarna för Jesus. Sammantaget är Notrious Bettie Page inte mycket mer än en sorts vanlig bio-pic presenteras av HBO-filmer, om än denna gång med uthållighet för en långfilmsutgivning. De bästa scenerna som Harron fångar är Page i hennes "tvivelaktiga" positioner, få bilder på henne i over-the-top poser och huvudrollen i löjliga filmer av piskor och kedjor och läder uniformer. Detta tillför en välbehövlig komisk relief till filmens annars vanliga natur. Det är inte så att historien bakom den är ointressant, vilket innebär regeringens utredning av den 'smut' som kom ut ur sådana foton och underjordiska tidskrifter. Men det finns inte mycket tid att utforska mer av det som bara antyds, med Page och hennes komplexitet eller hennes relationer eller med sex och femtiotalet. Det är allt ges en riktigt snygg svart och vitt utseende och ibland verkade det som om Harron gick framåt några av de svartvita bilder för att tonas mer som det gick. Det är en utsiktsbar utsikt om du inte är alltför kunnig om Bette Page, och förmodligen för fans också.
I had a vague idea of who Bettie Page was, partly because of her appearance in the very small time of Playboy (obviously, when she had her photo taken by her and her Santa hat, just that, she didn't know what mag was). The film, co-written and directed by American Psycho's Mary Harron, fills out the most important parts of her life well enough. A southern bellow of a churchgoer has some bad experiences and leaves them behind to seek better times in New York City, where she enters modeling, and from there much more. Soon she becomes the underground pin-up sensation, with servitude the obvious (and "notorious" of the title) move attributed to her. Actress Gretchen Moll portrays her, and brings down the breath of this woman about as good as she could, which is really a big part of the film's success. She is not a simplified character, although her moral ideas are sometimes questionable ("yes, Adam and Eve were naked, weren't they?" she comments a couple of times). Apparently, the filmmakers omit the later years of Page's life and drop her off in a sort of redemptive period, leaving behind the photographs for Jesus. Overall, Notrious Bettie Page is not much more than a sort of ordinary bio-pic presented by HBO films, albeit this time with endurance for a feature film release. The best scenes Harron captures are Page in her "doubted" positions, getting pictures of her in over-the-top poses and the lead role in ridiculous films of whips and chains and leather uniforms. This adds a much needed comic relief to the otherwise common nature of the film. It is not that the story behind it is uninteresting, which means the government's investigation of the 'dirty' that came out of such photos and underground magazines. But there is not much time to explore more of what is only implied, with Page and her complexity or her relationships or with the six and fifties. It's all given a really stylish black and white look and sometimes it seemed as if Harron went forward some of the black and white images to be tinted more as it went. It's a prospectable view if you're not too knowledgeable about Bette Page, and probably for fans as well.