Bayview Street Cinema

June 23 - 29 THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE Nightly at 7 & 9pm Sun Mat at 3pm. R 100min. D:Mary Harron. Gretchen Mol, Guinevere Turner, Lili Taylor. A loving, whimsical biopic of the century’s greatest pinup queen, Bettie Page, a sweet but wise naïf from Tennessee, who fled to New York to escape an abusive husband. An aspiring actress, she began her career modeling but her life changed dramtically after posing for photos - photos that would turn out to be among the first harbingers of a society’s awakening sexuality - taken by Irving and Paula Klaw. The story is bookended by the trial the Klaws were subjected to for selling obscene materials, which led to Bettie’s retirement to her much-loved Miami getaway and a rediscovered devotion to Jesus. "The tone of the movie is subdued and reflective. It does not defend pornography, but regards it (in its 1950s incarnation) with subdued nostalgia for a more innocent time." Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

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