In an interview, if they asked him more questions, I liked it ‘cause I would learn from it. I was his type o’ woman, which would be perfection. He always made me feel like I was his star. baby, go to the bathroom and shake it!” And I said, “Why?” And he says, “I enjoy all these people eye-googling you.” So I would do it. After we’d be sitting down and we ordered and stuff, he says “O.K. I was his arm candy, and I didn’t mind ‘cause I was in my prime. When we would go to Chastened - it’s not here anymore, but all the movie stars went there - we’re talking everybody in that place was a big star. He always made me feel very secure, so, no, none of that was happening. I wanted the best for him, and he wanted the best for me. He was the producer, director, cameraman and scriptwriter. I thought he deserved all the credit that he got. If you think he was upstaging me, I didn’t think of it like that. Natividad: Oh, you know what? I was so proud of him. Did your feminist side ever bristle at being “upstaged” by such a larger-than-life man? Prior to the film’s Hot Docs premiere, Filmmaker was fortunate enough to catch up with the Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens star to discuss everything from drinking with Meyer and Roger Ebert, to surviving breast cancer and losing her Mexican accent.įilmmaker: You’ve led such an amazing life in your own right, yet I think most people still associate you with your longtime partner, cult director Russ Meyer. Among the timelessly sexy inductees is none other than Kitten Natividad, best known as cult director Russ Meyer’s buxom muse. Rama Rau’s League of Exotique Dancers is an absolutely delightful and lovingly crafted doc structured around a group of legendary striptease artists as they prepare to return to the stage for the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas - a trip which becomes merely an excuse for the filmmaker to delve deeply into the extraordinary lives of some truly groundbreaking women. Hot Docs, Kitten Natividad, League of Exotique Dancers, Rama Rau, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer In Actors, Festivals & Events, Interviews
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