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Country. United States. Language. English. Not a Pretty Picture is a 1976 American docudrama film. The film was written, produced and directed by Martha Coolidge, marking her narrative feature film directorial debut, after years of working as a documentary filmmaker in the early to mid-1970s.
- Tom Griffith
- Coolidge Productions
- Martha Coolidge
- 1976
Mar 31, 1976 · Not a Pretty Picture: Directed by Martha Coolidge. With Reed Birney, James Carrington, John Fedinatz, Diana Gold. Mixing narrative and documentary filming in a unique way, the story is autobiographical and is about a date rape, dissecting the characters and circumstances around it.
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- Drama
- Martha Coolidge
- 1976-03-31
6 days ago · A high-stakes experiment in metacinema that broke new ground with its uncompromising examination of date rape, Not a Pretty Picture brings a stunning immediacy to questions about the on-screen representation of sexual violence and the limits of artistic catharsis.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Feb. 1, 2024. Made nearly half a century ago and long hiding in plain sight, Martha Coolidge’s “Not a Pretty Picture” is at once an autobiographical documentary, a Pirandellian psychodrama,...
Directed by Martha Coolidge. USA, 1976, 1h 23min, DCP. Newly Restored. The first film from Martha Coolidge (VALLEY GIRL, REAL GENIUS) is a formally complex, emotionally harrowing, autobiographical film about the director’s own experiences as the teenage victim of a sexual assault.
Dec 8, 2022 · on Dec 8, 2022. Martha Coolidge, Not a Pretty Picture. [Editor’s note: the newly restored Not a Pretty Picture opens at Anthology Film Archives this Friday.] “This film is based on incidents in the director’s life. The actress who plays Martha was also raped when she was in high school.
Realizing documentary’s potential to foster catharsis and interpersonal dialogue, Not a Pretty Picture stands as one of the genre’s boldest and most revelatory experiments in metacinema. Book Now.
