Blonde pushes Netflix into uncharted territory, so how does the movie measure up?
- A fictionalised retelling of the life of Marilyn Monroe- Written and directed by Andrew Dominik, of Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford fameThere’s a certain irony that Netflix, one of the most significant disruptors in movie history, should bankroll a film so steeped in Hollywood legend.
Interestingly, writer/director Andrew Dominik didn’t turn to the usual reference books to tell Marilyn’s story. Instead, he adapted Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel Blonde, a fictionalized account of the star’s lifetime in the Hollywood spotlight. This is Hollywood history as an auteur’s vision, not quite an alternative-universe take in the vein of, but a story willing to move people and places around in the name of advancing the narrative.
Viewed through the lens of the #metoo era, Marilyn’s story becomes an unrelenting tragedy, one in which a male-dominated world treats her as nothing more than a commodity. Despite being one of the biggest stars on the planet, she has little agency over her career or her body, forced by the studio system to work for comparative peanuts, and to put securing next role ahead of her desire to have a family.
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