Nick
09-14-03, 02:31 PM
For the avid fan of the legendary and mythical flesh-toned body suit, get your orders in early. Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) will be releasing "Pretty Baby" on DVD Nov. 18. For those of you who were born a generation too late, you just won't believe what was being shown on the 'silver screen' way back in 1978.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AUHQ6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Ranking right up there in the scandalous portrayals of youth and seduction in the style of Kubrick's "Lolita", and Hamilton's "Laura" which never quite made it into US theaters, "Pretty Baby" caused quite a stir, even back in the stoned-age free-loving daze of the early 1970s. Introducing a barely pubescent Brooke Shields in the lead role, this Louis Malle film portrays the bizarre life of a beautiful, but not-so-innocent young girl being raised by her mother in a 1900s New Orleans bordello, repleat with surrealistic turn-of-the-century opulence.
Creating a tempest upon its release in 1978, the film quickly became a favorite of grown men, and fodder for hushed water-cooler debate about whether the young Miss Shields was wearing a flesh-colored body suit (or not) during the filming of certain, ahem, 'revealing' scenes. Once you have viewed this film in 480p resolution, the only remaining question will be just who was seducing whom.
In the current pc age of refurbished Victorian narrow-mindedness, I think this hi-res resurrection will neither fair well nor last long once the book-burning neo-puritans of our day crank up their censorship machine. So, all you Danskin buffs, get your order in early and begin practicing your 'slo-mo' skills! ;)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AUHQ6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Ranking right up there in the scandalous portrayals of youth and seduction in the style of Kubrick's "Lolita", and Hamilton's "Laura" which never quite made it into US theaters, "Pretty Baby" caused quite a stir, even back in the stoned-age free-loving daze of the early 1970s. Introducing a barely pubescent Brooke Shields in the lead role, this Louis Malle film portrays the bizarre life of a beautiful, but not-so-innocent young girl being raised by her mother in a 1900s New Orleans bordello, repleat with surrealistic turn-of-the-century opulence.
Creating a tempest upon its release in 1978, the film quickly became a favorite of grown men, and fodder for hushed water-cooler debate about whether the young Miss Shields was wearing a flesh-colored body suit (or not) during the filming of certain, ahem, 'revealing' scenes. Once you have viewed this film in 480p resolution, the only remaining question will be just who was seducing whom.
In the current pc age of refurbished Victorian narrow-mindedness, I think this hi-res resurrection will neither fair well nor last long once the book-burning neo-puritans of our day crank up their censorship machine. So, all you Danskin buffs, get your order in early and begin practicing your 'slo-mo' skills! ;)