Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989)

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge: Directed by Adrian Maben. With Adrian Maben, Candice Bergen, Tina Brown, Catherine Deneuve. A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He’s on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work. It’s not art and it’s not good taste, he tells students. We meet June, his Australian-born wife, whom he married in 1948. Three actresses talk about working with Newton and how posing is different from acting. A heart attack in 1973 helps Newton re-focus, resulting in more personal photographic projects.

“u0026quot;Frames From The Edgeu0026quot; is a bio-documentary which was actually filmed way back in 1988.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis presentation closely covers the documented photo sessions of noted German photographer, Helmut Newton (who was 68 at the time).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn u0026quot;Frames From The Edgeu0026quot; – Newton travels from Berlin, to Paris, to Los Angles in order to photograph celebrities and fashion models (all of them strictly female).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll of Newtonu0026#39;s photography is well-noted for containing strong elements of kink, fetish, erotica, and yes, even soft-core porn.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e*Note* – In 2004 – Helmut Newton (84 at the time) died of heart failure.”