Andrew Dominik: “Marilyn’s story is a horror movie”

via ‘Blonde’ and Marilyn MonroeAndrew Dominik discovery and deconstruction of american mythology Reflecting his collective obsession with fame, which he has already done in titles such as ‘The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford’ (2007) and ‘Kill Them Softly’ (2012). gangster from all romance.

Finally, ‘Blonde’ saw the light. Did you relax

I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I feel excited; On the other hand, I’m afraid because I feel exposed. But to tell the truth, fear has nothing to do with all the challenges or controversies I’ve faced in the ten years I’ve spent making ‘Blonde’. This is how I feel with every new movie. For me, wearing them for the first time is like accompanying your son to a party. You love the boy and do not want him to behave inappropriately or be mistreated by other party members.

What interests you most about Marilyn Monroe?

Marilyn is like the American version of Aphrodite, the 20th century goddess of love, but also a suicidal woman; that is, a facade of perfection behind which it hides destruction. But what prompted me to make the film was the book by Joyce Carol Oates, on which it was based, specifically because she talked not about Marilyn’s life, but what her figure means to us, why it has such a cultural impact. and why it continues to fascinate us.

After all, Marilyn Monroe is nothing more than a collective construct…

Indeed, and therefore, I believe that the best way to approach it, as Joyce does, is through fiction, not through reliable historical reconstruction. In fact, none of the biographies that exist are dumb blonde, sexual creature, missing girl, self-harming diva, etc. He couldn’t get over the clichés or say anything but a cliché about him: that he was an indissoluble person. enigma..

How did those who paid for the movie react when they saw the violence scene Monroe shared with JFK?

They found it irritating, I won’t deny it. To me, the most disturbing thing about that scene is how difficult it is to categorize what happened in it in terms of consent. Did JFK rape Marilyn? I don’t know if this is really rape. Regardless, I’m up for criticism and I know it’s only coming from the United States. Americans are so hypocritical. There is an insurmountable chasm between who they really are and how they like to see themselves.

Would you say that the film is also a reflection of the image Hollywood wanted to project historically, the magic that surrounds it and under which exploitation and discrimination grow?

Inevitably, the dream factory is nothing more than a nightmare factory. And ‘Blonde’ is a portrait of a nightmare because Marilyn’s story is like a horror movie. But Hollywood seems less and less magical, don’t you think?

It’s easy to predict how much has been said about her and how much will continue to be said about her, ‘Blonde’ will occupy an important place in popular culture. How important is it to you to make films that transcend?

It’s really important to me to make great movies. As a viewer, I want to make movies that I like, and believe me, I don’t like most of them. And it’s very important to me to make only personal films; Like Marilyn, I never knew my father and I know well what it’s like to feel torn between your public self and your private self, which is why I connect so heavily with ‘Blonde’. My filmography is pretty short and that’s because there are many genres of movies that I can’t do. If I do not believe strongly in a project, I will not be able to realize it. I could never work in a cynical manner, just make a movie for money. It is the virtue I am most proud of.

Source: Informacion

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