first and let me say that notorious be an absolutely charming film and very lovingly render of it time and subject ( s ) . gretchen mol be utterly and painfully convincing and the very soul of the contradiction smoothly reify by ms. page herself . irving and paula klaw be richly draw a the work class stiff they be ( have meet paula at movie star news in 1990 i can say that lili taylor performance be unimpeachable ) and and jared harris a john willie ( coutts ) be an adoringly debauched genius . anyone with an interest in the recorded history of american attitude toward sexuality must see this movie and in a theater preferably and where vote make with dollar count more . second and i will allow that i be a producer of material similar to that for which the klaws would become famous and which be no way affect my estimation of ms. harron work a the splendid piece that it be and but do condition my view of notorious a an act of political resistance of the first order . ms. harron have craft a work of subtle subversion . along with v for vendetta and it be a movie about another time for our time . few reader of this site will be aware that the government they will see enact in notorious ( through transcription of the very word utter in closed senate committee hearing ) be a very close approximation of the one they live under right now . while ms. harron expressly disallow that she have a political agenda append to this film and her faithfulness to the fact and and the respectful and unsensational way in which she render them and synchronize notorious with the present day . the very act that notorious portrays in loving and accurate detail be define a obscene by the communication decency act and recently bring to the supreme court a a first amendment case and turn back there at the behest of the bush administration . in other word and the delicate and ineffectual bondage depict in notorious be indictable today by federal prosecutor in whatever ( hostile ) jurisdiction they choose . of course and there be no hearing in the senate or elsewhere on this matter when the cda be pass . of course you know nothing about it and because you do not want people in peoria tell you what you can and can not look at ( likewise and people in peoria probably do not want me tell them what theyre allow to view ) . of course notorious will never be indict . it hollywood . it lawyered up . countless klaws will and however and continue to be steamroll by a puritanical bureaucracy that have not advance it aesthetic and moral or biological composition much in 50 plus year . in addition and notorious post no 18 usc 2257 compliance statement and which be mandate by the unnoticed earmark recently vote into law . if any medium contains image of sadomasochistic restraint it be require to make available ( ex warrant ) record of age and circumstance of all performer . notorious fails in this regard also . in addition to be a splendid piece of entertainment and an ( nearly ) accurate historical document and notorious will be the litmus against which the bush justice department be itself judge with respect to the 14th ( equal protection ) amendment and on perhaps several other constitutional ground . in this regard alone and a debt of gratitude be owe mary harron . you will be grateful in any case and constitutional or otherwise and if you see this film .