Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1996)
- Directed by
- Nick Broomfield
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Nick Broomfield makes a documentary about Heidi Fleiss who ran a prostitution ring. He talks to her, her former mentor, and her lover to ask if she is a bad person and how she got that way. The film shows her combative relationships and the fight for control among the people involved.
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What happens
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1996) is a feature-length documentary film by Nick Broomfield. It concerns Heidi Fleiss, then a madam involved in a prostitution ring. In the film, Broomfield attempts to discover if Fleiss truly is a "horrible person" and what made her that way. The film documents the power struggle among Fleiss, her former mentor Elizabeth Adams (known as Madam Alex), and Fleiss' former lover Iván Nagy, himself allegedly involved in prostitution. The film also chronicles the destructive relationship between Fleiss and Nagy, a sort of mutual aggressiveness that both seem to find appealing. The documentary was co-funded by the BBC, HBO, CBC and WDR. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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