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Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

I was acting, I was doing these interesting films, I was, and suddenly I was actually...

I was acting, I was doing these interesting films, I was, and suddenly I was actually seeing what an image can do and
how important it can be

Full Transcript

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I was acting, I was doing these
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interesting films, I was,
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and suddenly I was actually seeing
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what an image can do and how important it can be.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:48
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The trailblazing late photographer Helmut Newton had a defining impact on the worlds of fashion and art.
And if you start with an image like Helmut Newton did me, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:12
And if you start with an image like Helmut Newton did me,
So you start to create - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
So you start to create
Whereas now you do imagine it, but then it was all natural. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:04
Whereas now you do imagine it, but then it was all natural.
He said, it doesn't matter whether you're nude or not, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:11
He said, it doesn't matter whether you're nude or ...
- [June] When I asked him, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:21
- [June] When I asked him,
(people speaking in foreign language) - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:09
(people speaking in foreign language)
- It was actually extraordinary - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
- It was actually extraordinary
Because he was much more dangerous, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:08
Because he was much more dangerous,
And I think he was accepted, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And I think he was accepted,
It was the 60s, the sexual revolution, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:27
It was the 60s, the sexual revolution,
It had been very long taboo for many years - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:11
It had been very long taboo for many years
The naked body is a temptation, or a it's fear, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:08
The naked body is a temptation, or a it's fear,
And each photographer photographs one aspect of it. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
And each photographer photographs one aspect of it.
- I don't think anyone else could have made me do that. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
- I don't think anyone else could have made me do that.
Helmut made me show my tits in that way, - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:11
Helmut made me show my tits in that way,
I was rather prudish, I think I still am. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:04
I was rather prudish, I think I still am.
You know, I was brought up by nuns in a catholic convent. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
You know, I was brought up by nuns in a catholic convent.
It took me years to decompress and get over that, really. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:06
It took me years to decompress and get over that, really.
And Helmut was one of the first people I met - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:09
And Helmut was one of the first people I met
It was the very first session I did with him. - Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful 00:05
It was the very first session I did with him.