From 13 May 2021
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Gero von Boehm / Germany / 2020 / 89 min / English, German, French
Helmut Newton's controversial photos of—often nude—women always raised the question: did he empower his subjects or treat them merely as sexual objects? Gero von Boehm decided to ask the female stars of his iconic images.
Candid interviews with celebrities such as Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling and Isabella Rossellini are interspersed with a wealth of archival footage, home movies and, of course, scores of glossy photographs.
“A nostalgic time capsule of an art-world rebel whose unorthodox methods and decidedly politically incorrect vision couldn’t exist today.”
- IndieWire
