Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
6.5
93 minutes
8/2/2020
Overview
Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton's work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials – from Catherine Deneuve to Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini – finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?
Cast List
Helmut Newton
as Self (archive footage)
Isabella Rossellini
as Self
Grace Jones
as Self
Charlotte Rampling
as Self
Anna Wintour
as Self
Claudia Schiffer
as Self
Catherine Deneuve
as Self
Sylvia Gobbel
as Self
Marianne Faithfull
as S elf
Nadja Auermann
as Self
Phyllis Posnick
as Self
Hanna Schygulla
as Self
Carla Sozzani
as Self
Arja Töyrylä
as Self
June Newton
as Self (archive footage)
Susan Sontag
as Self (archive footage)
Yves Saint Laurent
as Self (archive footage)