i have a vague idea of who bettie page be and partly due to her appearance in the very wee day of playboy ( apparently and when she get her photo take of her and her santa hat and just that and she do not know what the mag be ) . the movie and co write and direct by american psycho mary harron and flesh out the key part of her life well enough . a southern belle of a church goer have some bad experience and leave them behind to seek good time in new york city and where she get into modeling and and from there a lot more . soon and she become the underground pin up sensation and with bondage the obvious ( and notorious of the title ) trait attribute to her . the actress gretchen moll portray her and and get down the spirit of this woman about as well a she could and which be really a lot of the success of the film . she not a simplistic character and even if at time her idea of morality be questionable ( well and adam and eve be naked and weren not they . she comment a couple of time ) . apparently and the filmmaker leave out the late year of page life and leave off with her in a kind of redemptive period and leave behind the photo shoot for jesus . in all and the notrious bettie page be not much more than a kind of usual bio pic present by hbo film and albeit this time with the stamen for a feature film release . the best scene that harron capture be page in her questionable position and get photo of her in over the top pose and star in ridiculous film of whip and chain and leather uniform . this add a much need comic relief to the film otherwise usual nature . it not that the story behind it be uninteresting and which involve the government investigation into the mut that come out of such photo and underground magazine . but there isn not much time give to explore more of what be merely hint at and with page and her complexity or her relationship or to sex and the fifty . it all give a really neat black and white look and sometimes it seem a if harron be progress some of the black and white photo to be tint more a it go along . it a watchable view if youre not too knowledgeable of bette page and and probably for fan too .