Address: Andrew Dominik
Translators: Ana de Armas, Bobby Canavale, Adrian Brody
premiere: 28.09.2022 (Netflix)
such a difficult novel ‘Blonde’ by Joyce Carol Oates His cinematographic transcription in 2000 was supposed to have a director as weird as him. Andrew Dominik. Because the novel is fiction with some real elements rather than a typical biography of the famous American actress. Dominik paid homage to the slickest terrain in his work, where Oates presents much of the story to his readers. Marilyn Monroe / Norma Jeane As a fragile, nervous and frightened character, she borders on the derogatory “dumb blonde” image that the producers gave her, which she triumphed in the 50s on the other hand, and possibly despite herself. , eliminate characters and synthesize conflicts, because despite taking 166 minutes, Oates’ novel reaches 900 pages. Confronting Marilyn is no easy task. ‘Blonde’, which is a novel, is very beautiful. A very clever adaptation of the movie ‘Blonde’.
It mixes Dominican tones, atmospheres, formats—square, panoramic, scope—color and black and white, subjective and third-person audio. The first few minutes of little Norma Jeane’s relationship with her unstable mother, horror movie disturbing and disturbingIn a frenzied image with moments as disturbing as the ash rain when a mother and daughter drive in during a fire in Los Angeles.
Another great passage is Marilyn, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Edward G. Robinson Jr., sons of famous actors, lovers, the triangular relationship between the men in her life as Oates wrote about Marilyn and Dominican films. stylized planes of desire, party and prestige: One of the few passages in which Marilyn would be happy to form the trio with two friends who call themselves Los Dioscuros.
Ana de Armas follows in the footsteps of other actresses who have recruited Marilyn, such as Theresa Russell (‘Insignificance’), Michelle Williams (‘My Week with Marilyn’), and Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino (split on ‘Norma Jean & Marilyn’). . De Armas also takes risks, because bringing a legend to life is no easy task and He emerges victorious beyond resemblance to Marilyn after the meticulous work of make-up artists and hairdressers. She expresses vulnerability very well and even acknowledges the challenge of having face-to-face dialogue with the real actors who played Marilyn in ‘With Skirts and It’s Crazy’ and other movies: Dominik digitally inserts De Armas into the footage of the original tapes, as if past and present, reality and representation as if they were the same thing.