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Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas transforms into Marilyn Monroe in blonde (blonde), the film about the actress and icon of cinema history. This can be seen in the first images Netflix just released in the first preview of the film.
blonde is directed by Andrew Dominick (Kill them softly) Y is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name.
Strictly speaking, the film cannot be described as a biopic film On protection payment actress while the writer reimagines the life of Norma Jeane, also known as Marilyn Monroe. Oates has always stressed that his work is fiction, so there are things that appear in it that didn’t happen in real life.
Without a doubt, one of the most iconic images of Marilyn Monroe.
Shot in 2019, blonde has been postponing its release date for years. Rumors about how bold the film is, and the appearance of some controversial sex scenes, indicated why N’s streaming platform didn’t want to bring it to light.
No, she is not the real Marilyn, she is Ana de Armas in “Blonde”, a future Netflix premiere.
A version of Marilyn
“Andrew’s ambitions were very clear from the start: present a version of Marilyn Monroe’s life through her lens“says Ana de Armas, who plays the Hollywood icon.
“I wanted so that the world can experience what it really feels like to be not only Marilyn, but also Norma Jeane. I found it to be the boldest, most unrepentant and feminist version of his story I had ever seen. “
Almodovar has already seen it
Pedro Almodóvar wrote in his column El Diario in May that he had already seen it and that it is a “great” film. He also said: “I have a recorded sequence (if it doesn’t disappear from the final cut) of the harassment, something else, I would say, that he suffered from President JFK. The sequence is explicit enough to feel Marilyn’s repulsion at such a time. “
Pedro Almodóvar saw the film a long time ago and praised it. “It’s great,” he said.
“If it had been out a few years ago, it would have been out just when it arrived #Me too and it would be an expression of it all. We’re at a point now, I think, where people aren’t sure where the lines are …
“It’s a film that definitely has a moral, but it swims in very ambiguous waters because I don’t think it’s as simple as people would like to see it. There is something about it that offends everyone“.
The director’s opinion
Given the controversy over some elements of the film, the director said the following in ScreenDaily: “If the public doesn’t like it, that’s their problem. It is not made to please everyone“.
blonde, prohibited to minors under 17, will premiere on Netflix on September 23. Some rumors suggest it could be presented at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10.
the synopsis
Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ bestselling novel, Rubia boldly reinvents the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe. From her unstable childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and her romantic entanglements, Rubia blurs the lines between reality and fiction to explore the widening gap between her public and private self.
Writer Joyce Carol Oates has always made it clear that her book, “Blonde”, is not a biography, but her interpretation of the icon.
Written and directed by Andrew Dominik, together with Ana de Armas complete the cast Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel and Evan Williams.
blondewhich is prohibited to minors under 17, will premiere on Netflix on September 23. Some rumors suggest it could be presented at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10.
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Source: Clarin
