alex Turner Whore's Glory is a glimpse into a world not seem by most people. I know that here in the US there are a lot of people that think it's cool to glamorize "sex work" but this documentary shows what the reality is for a lot of women. This documentary is made up of 3 parts. The first part takes place in Bangkok a city notorious for its sleaze. The segment largely takes place in the "fishbowl" brothel where women sit around all day in a glass display room until they get called up to service a john. As degrading it is to sit in a fishbowl all day like a piece of merchandise, the Thai ladies have it way better than the women in the Bangladesh segment. The Bangladesh brothel is truly a house of horrors. It's basically a long, dimly lit corridor with lined with rooms. You don't just have prostitutes and johns milling around, you have small children and animals running around as well. Some of the girls in the brothel are obviously underage and there is a segment where one girl is sold and indentured to a madam. The whole thing is incredibly depressing.The third and in my opinion weakest segment is one that takes place in Reynosa Mexico, a town not far from the US border. In my opinion this was the weakest segment because the weird surrealistic tone didn't fit with the rest of the piece and I could have done without the graphic sex scene. The documentary is beautifully shot, especially the first two segments. There is no narrator and everything is presented without commentary. The subjects actions and words speak for themselves. What I didn't like is the sometimes intrusive hipster music soundtrack and the weakness of the third segment. Overall I do think the doc is worth checking out. The Bangladesh segment is really moving and is worth watching for that alone. I am also really saddened to hear that the director died a few years back. RIP, Michael Glawogger your contribution to cinema will not be forgotten.

bangkok-1 I didn't get this film or what it was trying to say. So you walk into a brothel, do a few interviews of the girls, staff and patrons? And? Then you go to a completely unrelated place and showcase they way it's done there? I mean, was the point to show that Thailand has some of the best hookers in the world? All I know after watching this film is that I'm glad I don't live in Mexico or India.So I guess I'll put a spoiler alert on here: India and Mexico suck for getting hookers, while Thailand is pretty decent. Maybe the most rare footage of this film: The 3 minute shot of two dogs that are stuck together outside the brothel. I saw this for the first time in Thailand and was confused. My first thought was that some prankster had tied the two dogs together. Upon asking more and doing some research, I learned that a dog penis is unlike a human one. Blood can get stuck at the tip, giving a light bulb like effect when humping is interrupted. If blood flow is cut off, then the blood in the bulb end can't get back into the dogs body - leaving the dogs penis stuck inside the female dog. So yeah, they are stuck facing opposite ways for who knows how long. Also, there are people giving this 8, 9 and 10 stars. Really, this is a top 250 movie in the history of film making? Go look at the average rating of the best movies in the world and ask yourself, does this flick deserve a spot among Godfather and Pulp Fiction?

anchovyd I wasn't sure what to expect when my wife picked out this movie to watch but man was this movie ever thought provoking and interesting. What makes the film unique is that there is no narration or cuts to "experts" and hardly any interviews. The camera is more or less a fly on the wall. The only negative this is that the depressing music is cranked a little too high in the mix and is really obtrusive at times.The movie covers prostitution in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. The documentary in specific looks at a midrange operation in Thailand and a sad and depressing filthy brothel in Bangladesh with young girls, and a low rent operation in Mexico. The movie is very effective.Some complain that he isn't painting a fair picture of prostitution leaving out the nice clubs in Amsterdam and Nevada. In fact in the Mexican town you can see a big building in many scenes with the word Lipstick on it. This is a nice strip club with good looking girls who you can take upstairs for about five times what the girls who make it into the documentary charge, but instead he shows a sorry strip club with very disturbing looking girls and the low rent section of the Tolerance Zone with crack ladies of the night.If he just showed the glitzy brothels, this movie wouldn't have nearly the same impact as it does. The Thai joint is the only glitzy joint here with hairdressers and makeup people dolling them up before the night. The Bangladesh and Mexican places don't even have running water and the girls are lucky if they even have a mirror.Bottom line: this movie is really great. Even my wife liked it and she usually hates documentaries and anything with subtitles... I am glad that she picked it out. Only the music detracts from this moving documentary.

evening1 What is it like to work as a "fish-bowl" prostitute in Thailand? Here you'll get to eavesdrop on the girls as they don their number tags and sit demurely behind a window as guys in suits drop in after work to ogle them, ask whether they provide "full service," and narrow their choices.This incredible documentary tracks prostitutes not only in a glitzy Thai club but also in a Bangladeshi bazaar and along a dirt road in Mexico as the women compete for johns, talk about how painful large penises can be, and dicker with low-ballers.As the Village Voice reviewer points out, this film deftly juxtaposes the misery of the prostitutes with the self-satisfied braggadocio of their clients.Some things I learned about foreign prostitutes: Work isn't as plentiful as you might think; johns are often shameless cheapskates, prostitutes are frequently repelled by the men who paw them, and they may resort to superstition, black magic, and crack to make it through their workaday routines.The movie gains unbelievable verisimilitude as it focuses on a Mexican prostitute ("If you don't come it's not my problem") and her easy-going john, who pays his tariff without ejaculating and tries in vain to learn his partner's name.The intimacy and honesty of this film are its greatest attributes. I won't soon forget it.