As the exceptionally strong and scandal-ridden 79th Venice Film Festival draws to a close, Andrew Dominick’s Marilyn Monroe biopic is extremely ambitious. Blonde He arrived at the scene on Thursday to stimulate discussion. The director and his cast, including star Ana de Armas, discussed making the NC-17-rated film shortly after its first press release.
“I made this movie to cheer myself up because I thought it was a gift,” De Armas said of his decision to play the Hollywood icon. “And that movie changed my life,” he added.
for almost three hours Blonde Based on the acclaimed 700-page novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, which the New Yorker Once called “the definitive study of American celebrity”. Dominic, known for his visually appealing films The murder of Jesse James (2007) and kills them softly (2012), spent 11 years developing and producing the film. The film examines every aspect of the actress’ life, from her troubled childhood as Norma Jeane to her stardom as Marilyn Monroe, in an almost breathtaking first-person perspective. The film also stars Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio and Julianne Nicholson as Norma Jean’s troubled mother.
Dominic said he knew from their first meeting that De Armas was right for Marilyn. “It’s a bit like love at first sight,” he said. “When the right person walks through the door, you know it.” De Armas, who is Cuban, spent a year working with a voice coach to adjust and fix Marilyn’s intonations. When production on the film began, the crew filmed the locations where Marilyn lived, including the bedroom where she spent her childhood and the Hollywood house where she died.
“I really think he was very close to us, he was with us,” De Armas said of filming. The actor explained that the entire cast and crew shared a sense of purpose and a feeling that they were “making something bigger and more special than just a movie. [Marilyn]. “We were at their service, in a way,” added de Armas. “He was all I thought about. It was everything I dreamed of. It was all he could say. He was with me. And he was beautiful.”
Dominik revealed at a press conference that he caused a brief delay in production. BlondeThe first day of filming, “totally coincidental,” was August 4, the anniversary of Monroe’s death. “Your dust is everywhere in Los Angeles, you know,” he said. “And it really took on some séance-like elements.”
It’s worth noting, though not surprising, given Venice’s reputation for being a condescending press: BlondeAt the press conference, the NC-17’s ranking and chart sequence remained completely undisclosed. De Armas had previously complained about the rating, saying he thought it was unfair, while Dominik accepted it. In February, the director finally told him screen every day: “It’s a demanding film. If the public doesn’t like it, it’s the public’s problem. He is not running for public office. It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, that’s what you want, right?
When it was Adrien Brody’s turn to take the microphone, he described Blonde How to “tell a story that is brave and necessary”. The actress said she admires the film for trying to bridge the gap between the global audience’s perception of Marilyn Monroe as an icon and the painful and traumatic life Norma Jeane actually led.
Brody explained, “The fact that he is so respected and loved by men and women and yet his inner struggle and his pain and all the unresolved traumatic moments in his life is almost criminal to me. … We are very lucky to have someone like Andria and someone like Anna who were able to express their artistic sensibilities. [a reality about Marliyn] What I feel most people are missing. And that prospect of being inside is a huge gift to us, and it’s been a great privilege to be a small part of helping bring that out.”
Blonde Also starring Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel, Evan Williams, Lily Fisher, Toby Huss, David Warshofsky, Kaspar Phillipson, Dan Butler, Sarah Paxton and Rebecca Wysock. The film is produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracy Landon and Scott Robertson, with Christina Oh serving as executive producer.
Blonde will play in select theaters from September 16th before releasing globally on Netflix on September 28th.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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