The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

Note Générale:

6,7/10   

Réalisateur:

Mary Harron

Scénaristes:

Mary Harron (written by) &
Guinevere Turner (written by)

Date de sortie:

21 avril 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Biographie | Drame

Accroche:

The Pin-Up Sensation That Shocked The Nation.

Intrigue:

The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos).

Plot Keywords:

Senate | Pin Up | Bondage | Model | Investigation

Récompenses:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Well-made biopic, but a little thin

Ensemble

Gretchen Mol	...	Bettie Page
Chris Bauer	...	Irving Klaw
Jared Harris	...	John Willie
Sarah Paulson	...	Bunny Yeager
Cara Seymour	...	Maxie
David Strathairn	...	Estes Kefauver
Lili Taylor	...	Paula Klaw
John Cullum	...	Preacher in Nashville
Matt McGrath	...	Nervous Man
Austin Pendleton	...	Teacher
Norman Reedus	...	Billy Neal
Dallas Roberts	...	Scotty
Victor Slezak	...	Minister in Miami
Tara Subkoff	...	June
Kevin Carroll	...	Jerry Tibbs

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Ballad of Bettie Page (USA) (working title)
The Last Days of Bettie Page (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, sexual content and some language.

Durée:

USA:91 min | Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:R | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | UK:18 | Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Japan:R-15 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16

Lieux de tournage:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Société:

HBO Films

Anecdotes:

Marque de fabrique du metteur en scène: [Mary Harron] [masochistic man]In "I Shot Andy Warhol," Valerie Solanas encounters a man who wants her to stomp all over his chest. In "The Notorious Bettie Page," Bettie Page meets a man at a party who asks her if she likes stomping on men. The two men say almost the exact same things, word for word.

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: During one of the scenes where photographers at a photo club are shooting Bettie Page, there are a few photographers with a Stereo Realist camera, which was very popular in the '50s. One of these photographers is holding his Stereo Realist in a vertical position and taking pictures and this camera must be used only in the horizontal position due to it being 3D and a vertical image will not produce the desired 3D result. Realists are never used vertically.

Guillemet:

[Bettie reacts angrily when John sings a ribald song during a bondage photo shoot]
John Willie: What's the matter, Bettie?
[John pulls the gag from Bettie's mouth]
Bettie Page: It's your language, Mr. Willie.
John Willie: Oh, it's just an old army ditty to help keep our spirits up while fighting the beastly Hun. Do you approve?
Bettie Page: I believe in Jesus.

Connexions:

figure dans "HBO First Look: The Notorious Bettie Page (#13.4)" (2006)

Bande son:

It's a Good Day

Well-made biopic, but a little thin

Bettie Page was a icon of the repressed 1950s, when she represented the sexual freedom that was still a decade away, but high in the hopes and dreams of many teenagers and young adults. Gretchen Mol does a superb job of portraying the scandalous Bettie, who was a small town girl with acting ambitions and a great body. Her acting career went nowhere, but her body brought her to the peak of fame in an admittedly fringe field. Photogrsphed in black and white with color interludes when she gets out of the world of exploitation in New York, this made-for-TV (HBO) film has good production values and a very believable supporting cast. The problem is, it's emotionally rather flat. It's difficult to form an attachment to the character, since Bettie is portrayed as someone quite shallow and naive given the business she was in. The self-serving government investigations are given a lot of screen time, which slows down the film towards the end. But it's definitely worth watching for the history of the time, and to see the heavy-handed government repression that was a characteristic of the fifties. 7/10