Top billed cast

1. 

   Brooke Shields

   Violet

2. 

   Keith Carradine

   Bellocq

3. 

   Susan Sarandon

   Hattie

4. 

   Frances Faye

   Nell

5. 

   Antonio Fargas

   Professor

6. 

   Matthew Anton

   Red Top

7. 

   Diana Scarwid

   Frieda

8. 

   Barbara Steele

   Josephine

9. 

   Gerrit Graham

   Highpockets

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12

So.... why one star? Because, honestly, it's boring. It kind of does to New Orleans' red-light district what Reds did to John Reed.... sucked all the excitement out of the story in an effort to make it artistic.

It's well acted, but it's weak on plot, weak on story, weak on entertainment.... but, like Reds, it's one of those movies that you have to watch because 41 years after the fact it is still being talked about.

But, to be fair, I guess it's hard to make a movie about someone that takes pictures and make it riveting. After all, E. J. Bellocq wasn't exactly Robert Capa

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1. Walk on the Wild Side65%
2. Rambling Rose61%
3. 12 Years a Slave79%
4. A Love Song for Bobby Long67%
5. Simon Killer58%
6. Welcome to the Rileys65%
7. Sister My Sister58%
8. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer73%
9. sex, lies, and videotape70%
10. True Confessions60%
11. Crimes of Passion62%
12. Shaft64%
13. Saint Jack66%
14. Hard Times68%
15. Cutter's Way64%
16. Monster72%
17. Novitiate64%
18. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things58%
19. Trafficked67%
20. The Dead Girl60%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,500,000.00

Revenue
$11,600,000.00

Keywords

• virgin
• prostitute
• photographer
• photography
• brothel
• new orleans, louisiana
• loss of virginity
• young prostitute
• brothel madam
• 1910s
• child prostitution
• demeaning
• disheartening
• distressing
• inflammatory