There have been many attempts to film Marilyn Monroe’s life and history, but none seem to have hit the target as accurately as Andrew Dominica’s “Blonde” starring Ana de Armas.
In general, the project was announced in 2010, and in 12 years the right to perform the Hollywood diva like a relay baton managed to pass from Naomi Watts to Jessica Chastain and from her to the star of Knives Out and No Time. to die.
And although it took more than a decade for the perfect casting, those who managed to watch one of the most famous blondes in world culture by Ana de Armas say that this is a match made in heaven.
And the first shots were able to convince even the most ambitious skeptics of this – which is why “Blonde” became one of the most anticipated releases of the year, cementing Ana de Armas’s status as an A-list star.
The film should premiere on Lido Island in early autumn as part of the competition program of the Venice Film Festival, and then on Netflix on September 28, where the picture “arrived” without any problems.
Last summer, it became known that the platform management did not approve of the final version of “Blonde” due to excessive intimacy and scenes of rape – Netflix insisted that these frames be cut, but Andrew Dominik was categorically against it. As a result, the premiere of the tape was postponed several times. And despite the fact that the same director without changes, but with the highest NC-17 rating – for the first time in the history of original Netflix projects.
In fact, unlike other films about Marilyn Monroe, this film makes no claims of biographical authenticity – it was based on the bestseller of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, which was a Pulitzer Prize (2001) and a finalist for the National Book. Award (2000) and the author talking about himself as if it were a work of fiction.
“Blonde” is a refined essence from life presented in the form of a work of art. Despite the impressive volume of the novel, its images are based on synecdoche on the principle of generalization. So, for example, instead of the numerous homes in which Norma Jean once lived and grew up as a child, only one in Blonde is fictional. Numerous lovers, health problems, abortion, suicide attempts, instead of film roles, “Blonde” talks about only the most important – this story tells a lot not about Marilyn Monroe, but about Norma Jean Mortenson (the real name of the star). , from Hollywood diva. Who else? The cast will be played by Bobby Cannavale, a baseball player and ex-husband Joe DiMaggio, who proposed to the star shortly before her death, her third husband Arthur Miller, and Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Pearl Baker. Adrien Brody and Julianne Nicholson, respectively.
By the way, the author of the literary resource – Joyce Carol Oates – has already watched the film and was pleased with it (Andrew even called Dominic a “great director” who managed to show the experiences of the main character from his point of view, and not “look through the eyes of a man”), which This cannot be said about the critics. Ana de Armas, for example, was scolded for her Cuban accent, but the actress said she spent a year getting the correct pronunciation, and the film crew—for the excessive elaboration of scenes and footage (costume designer Jennifer Johnson worked on), is atypical for films that don’t claim to be historically accurate.
What came of it? We’ll see you soon!
Source: People Talk
