tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843634353855656183.post4483723930499471805..comments2023-07-27T04:47:43.897-07:00Comments on Fleapit of the Mind: THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE (2005)Weavermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833233577048591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6843634353855656183.post-3730071608709683392007-12-12T15:20:00.000-08:002007-12-12T15:20:00.000-08:00Like most males on the planet, I've been sighing o...Like most males on the planet, I've been sighing over Bettie Page for years. However, I've never had a chance to see this film. I also agree with you and John Ford (not bad company) about biopics -- they ain't history, they're movies. I just watched Ford's "Prisoner of Shark Island" last night and it both plays fast and loose with the "historical facts" while remaining a pretty good film (you just KNOW there'll be something about this movie on my blog soon enough). As for the Bettie Page movie, from your comments I actually want to see it now. I also agree with your comments about the fun and naivete of Bettie's photographs (including the bondage ones). They are never even remotely realistic or disturbing. I liken Bettie's bondage photos with the following analogy: Bettie Page's bondage photos are to bondage as Road Runner cartoon violence is to violence. However, while they are silly fun I never liked them nearly as much as her non-bondage photos (clothed or unclothed). Bettie is the number one example, I think, of a model's personality and charm leaping out at you in every photograph. Sure, she was gorgeous. . .but there wouldn't be nearly the fan following for her if we didn't all fall in love with her personality (which shines through) as well as her looks. I'm going to have to seek out this film now.Cerptshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788317865445255338noreply@blogger.com