Netflix released this Thursday new images of the film about the life of Marilyn Monroe, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde hair.
In a slow tempo repeat of Diamonds are a girl’s best friend., we discover an actress unsure of herself and her talent, and who finds it difficult to adapt to fame. In some shots, actress Ana de Armas looks amazingly similar.
“I played Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe… I can no longer face a scene with Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn doesn’t exist. When I walk out of my dressing room, I’m Norma Jean (…) Marilyn Monroe only exists on screen” , offers in this trailer.
“Marilyn Monroe only exists on screen”
Blonde hair It recreates many scenes or images seen over and over again, such as those of her ex-husbands, baseball player Joe DiMaggio (Bobby Cannavale) and writer Arthur Miller (Adrien Brody).
The film produced by Netflix will be broadcast on the platform on September 23. Written and directed by Andrew Dominik (The murder of Jesse James by the cowardly Robert Ford2007), the film had been excluded from the official selection of the 75th Cannes Film Festival because no theatrical release was planned in France.
In the United States, she is the subject of a banned mention under 17 for her sex scenes.
“Uninhibited and feminist”
“[Andrew Dominik] I wanted viewers around the world to understand not only what Marilyn felt as a star, but also as Norma Jean. It seemed to me the most courageous, uninhibited and feminist approach to the trajectory of this woman that I have seen”, said Ana de Armas.
Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, published in 2000, is one of the American author’s most famous. A fictional biography, it traces the nightmarish trajectory of Norma Jean Baker and paints a vitriolic portrait of America in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Hollywood.
Source: BFM TV
