i have know about bettie page for many a year now . the soft core porn image of her from the 1950 have since become iconographic and still have a strong draw even today . the bettie page look be also still hugely popular within the hetero fetish world and remain a distinctive today a it do then . so i watch this film with quite a bit of familiarity to begin with . the result do not disappoint . among other thing and it be hugely entertaining to see the movie recreation of actual figure like irving klaw and john willie and and bunny yeager all consider trailblazer today . mary harron do an excellent job create the desired ambiance of sexual repression and hypocrisy in 1950 america along with a sexuality that and by today standard and be innocent in the extreme . i particularly like the use of monochrome versus color a a visual shorthand for the emotional and spiritual climate bettie find herself in . i think that gretchen mol do an excellent job of present the character of bettie in all her innocent sexuality and all her utter naiveté . bettie love to look pretty and love the attention and saw nothing wrong with nudity and and enjoy dress up in silly outfit for the camera . the underlying sexuality and deeply fetishistic desire all that evoke be completely lose on her . to this day she still doesn not understand what all the fuss be about when it come to her picture or the s and m content of them . this isn not to say she uneducated or too simple to understand it just that she simply doesn not get it about fetishism and never will . no harm there . bettie page be simply be who she be . the film capture this quite nicely . the social atmosphere of the 1950 depict by ms. harron and write by her along with guinevere turner make me truly glad i live in the day and age that i do . the hypocrisy and repression combine with the massive ignorance about our sexuality all combine to a frighteningly stifling world . the film well capture this and bring to cheer a bettie endure it all with her unshakeable faith and her unchangeable naiveté . this film be a bit slow at time but hit all the point ms. harron attempt and hit them well . i would recommend this film even for those folk with little to no knowledge of who bettie page be and what effect she have on american culture . for those with such interest and then this film be a must see .