Whores’ Glory (Michael Glawogger, 2011): Germany, Austria

Reviewed by Truman Kewley. Viewed at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The film Whores Glory is an inside look at the underground profession of prostitution.  This documentory was very interesting to watch and to really try and get inside the heads of these women and why they chose to do what they do.  This film really brings awareness to the world about the sex trade and how many women are forced into it and how many choose to sell there body.  While watching this film I was very interested with everything these women had to say and how they discussed there customers with the camera and each other.

I viewed this film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Lobero Theater.  The directory of the film, Michael Glawogger, did a great job at capturing good shots and getting inside the lives of these women.  There were many greatly placed shots and interesting insider information threw out the film.  Michael Glawogger has an amazing talent at getting his subjects comfortable and to open up on camera.  One thing I do with was that he focused more on how they got into the profession rather than how they are trying to get out.

The documentary Raw Material follows the lives of prostitutes across the world.  The film begins fallowing the lives of whores in Bangkok.  The women in Bangkok seemed to do what they do for the main reason of money.  They wanted more customers for money to go out and party on there days off.  I felt like there reason for prostitution was not out of need but more out of lust for quick money and laziness.  The film then begins to fallow women in India.  The women in India seemed to either be forced into prostitution or have no other means to survive.  The women in India did not seem to enjoy it as much as the women in Bangkok and seemed much more depressed.  The film also fallowed whores in Mexico.  The women in Mexico seemed to enjoy there jobs the most.  One of the woman was saying how see loved doing what she was doing because she was getting payed to do what she loved.  These women were the scariest in my opinion because they had no problem with what they were doing and doing it in not safe environments.

The music in Whores Glory help create tension and help remind the view what part of the world we were watching.  The open interviews of these women was shocking and incredible to witness.  Getting into the heads of these woman is unlike any film I had ever seen.

I would recommend everyone to watch the documentary film Whores Glory.  Whether your a man or a woman this film is very interesting and a great look into the lives of a profession usually kept in the dark.