the notorious bettie page

Hey watch it, you might have met someone who writes that wanky PR (but I don't think that one specifically)

Come on, anyone that uses bodacious and joie de vivre in a review is asking for it. Besides, I took it for granted that someone in particularly that I know would not have written that.

Bah, try in particular and throw in some commas too. Asking for it, is me.

i am reading the book from this film again right now springo. it's, er, loose, to say the best. but i will be seeing it again.

Has it been screened in Melb already, gwcd? I completely lost a month when I was away.

most PR writing is wanky but it's part of the job. it certainly does not define the person who writes it. in fact, many PR's are lovely people who write and speak just fine outside of their employment!

p.s. i love the word bodacious but have never used it in a press release.

hmm, I'm dubious but I'd like to see it.

why hasnt this been on Foxtel?

do ya reckon it would ever air on Foxtel?

i'd watch it on Foxtel.

lets share this love between the two of us today miles!

although after today, i feel like writing all releases are it's bodacious, and leaving it at that...

Lazy writers is what it is. But I also concede there are only so many ways to say something's good.

Saw this a couple months back. I've been a Bettie fan for about 9 years now, have read the biography 'The Real Bettie Page' and have been a member of her official fanclub at one time or another.

I really enjoyed the movie - there's only so much you can fit into 90 minutes, and no biopic is ever going to be close to 100% accurate so I decided I wouldn't be nitpicking about that too much before I watched it. The whole movie looked great and Gretchen Mol was a real delight to watch and did a fabulous job... I think it captured the essence of what made me fall in love with Bettie in the first place and that was enough for me.

A Bettie fan. What's there to be a fan about?

T n A

Dude. Just go to your nearest goth club.

You'll see better, although not as stylish. Besides, her whole story is kind of cliched. Girl gets raped. Girl does B&D porn. Girl goes crazy and becomes religious nutcase with gun.

is it still coming out? Straight to DVD?

Saw it today at Kino. Probably best to go to a busier session as there were creepy old guys zipping up as I was leaving the cinema...

So Gretchen Mol actually pulls it off?

Hey watch it, you might have met someone who writes that wanky PR (but I don't think that one specifically)

oooohhh I know the girl who does the PR and shes on M and N

not often though

this film is good,
not great,
fun,
Not action packed,
slow
but fair enough.
7/10

i saw this on the flight to london. 'twas ok, too much tits and arse and not enough substance. i thought gretchen's performance was only passable..she started to grate on me after a while. she looked great though.

does it have interviews with the old and cranky Betty?

going to see this tonight.

i am scared by tim's comments about seedy old men zipping up in the cinema when it finished.

I didn't find it at all arouse'n.
It's not a raunchy flick.
Just has 1 shot of tits.

Margaret and David said it sat in the middle in terms of quality- that it didn't reall offer enough about her. hhmm...

I saw it last night...very clinical rendition of a fascinating life..Gretchen Mol has great boosies

You should be a film reviewer, glitter.

gretchen does have great boobies indeed.

was an alright movie... was really short.

we were left wondering if she really was that naive about what she was doing.

i loved the styling.

i got more turned on by her gloves in that court scene than anything else. not sure what that says about me.

not a very good film review sorry.

I may see this tomorrow

I want to see the glove.

Where's the (g)love?

Just go see it with some friends at a more popular session, I went to one in the middle of the day.

even at the night time session there was a seedy man sitting behind us on his own who i saw adjust his crotch when he ran out at the end.

Just saw this - not too many seedy people.

Gretchen is very hot.

Film was alright.

hahaha we arrived abit late for our session on Monday night and sat next to an old man who moved away from our group of 5 girls when we sat down

Ive only just realised how dirty and dodgy he was when the lights came on.

Svelty that sounded like an experience :-)

i really liked the clothes - the white playsuit on the beach, the suit & gloves at the courtroom, those black boots with the white laces, the stacks of cardies/pencil skirts/high heels/seamed stockings - i'd watch it again just to get a better look at the wardrobe.

socksie, I would just like to say that I appreciate the way the socksball flattens out as it hits the ground.

Thanks - did you study animation?

No, but I give a lot of thought to details.

So you do! Bettie would be proud.

Very beautiful lady indeed

All these reports are sounding like eulogies :(

Pinup Bettie Page hospitalized after heart attack

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.

''She's critically ill,'' Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide told The Associated Press.

He said the 85-year-old had been hospitalized for the last three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she had the heart attack Tuesday. Page was transferred to another hospital in Los Angeles and remained in intensive care Friday.

A family friend, Todd Mueller, said Page was in a coma. When asked to confirm, Roesler said, ''I would not deny that,'' but he would not comment further on her condition.

Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were tacked up on walls across the country.

Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.

After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.

Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her ''a bunch of money'' to show up at autograph signings.

''I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300,'' he said. ''Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all.''

battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian

Hmmm.... isn't that the same thing?

Anyway, get well soon, Bettie!

She died yesterday, apparently. Bummer.

From the official website:

With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening in a Los Angeles hospital. She died peacefully but had never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack nine days ago.

She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality. She is the embodiment of beauty.

Statement by Mark Roesler, business agent for Bettie Page
In Remembrance of Bettie Page

Had to tell thegirlwhocrieddave, at least I managed to do it over the phone and not Facebook.

I thought you were off the burlesque thing these days?

Not taking photos, but will still go to see one or two performers that I like.