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Andrew Dominik Addresses Backlash Against Marilyn Monroe Picture ‘Blonde’ – Red Sea Film Festival
04.12.2022 - 18:21 / deadline.com
Andrew Dominik shared his thoughts on the unexpected backlash against his Marylin Monroe drama Blonde during an In-Conversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival on Sunday.
The feature, starring Ana de Armas as the tragic, iconic actress, divided critics when it world premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September and then received an avalanche of criticism when it dropped on Netflix on September 28,
He admitted he had been taken aback by the response at first.
“I was expecting critical success, and then that no one would see the film. That’s what I’m kind of used to, films that have a positive critical reaction, and then people don’t see it. Blonde was kind of the opposite, at least in America,” said Dominik.
“America was where it was worse. They hated the movie. They were angry about the film. They were outraged by the film, but a lot of people saw it, so, I was kind of surprised by it.”
Dominik said he had not let the criticism get to him.
“Criticism only hurts if you agree with it. And I didn’t really agree with any of it I think the film is great,” he said.
“You can’t really do other people’s thinking for them but I think when it comes to an iconic American, what they want is hagiographies, they want the celebration of that person, and a celebration of that person according to the mores of the time,” he said.
He suggested his portrait of Monroe had not chimed with themes of female empowerment that are popular right now.
“We’re living at a time where it’s very important to present women as empowered, and they want to reinvent Marilyn Monroe, as an empowered woman, you know, that’s what they want to see,” he continued.
“And if you’re not showing them that then it upsets them,” he added.
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