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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.
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, an acting exercise,...
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.
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.
A pseudo-documentary about a director's rape as a teenager, filmed by her and her actors. The movie explores her trauma and coping mechanisms, as well as the challenges of making art from personal experience.
Not a Pretty Picture is a 1975 film by Martha Coolidge that explores the impact of sexual violence and its representation on screen. Based on her own experience, Coolidge casts herself and other rape victims in a hybrid of fiction and documentary, challenging the ethics and aesthetics of the genre.
Realizing the medium's potential to foster catharsis and interpersonal dialogue, Not a Pretty Picture stands as one of the genre’s revelatory experiments in metacinema, and "sets a standard for cinematic inquiry into the political implications of personal experience" (The New Yorker).
