Netflix film Blonde has been released – check it out below.Directed by Andrew Dominik and adapted from the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in a reimagining of her life.A synopsis reads: “Blonde boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe. From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.”The film, which has divided many critics, also stars Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel and Julianna Nicholson.Blonde’s soundtrack consists of an original score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, along with tracks pulled from films Monroe starred in – including Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Niagara.You can check out a list of the songs featured below:You can listen to the original score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis below.In a four-star review of Blonde, NME wrote: “It’s not an easy watch and there is a lingering sense of a film trying to have its cake and eat it.
‘Blonde’ reviews: Critics drool over Ana de Armas, ‘uncanny’ as Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” starring Ana de Armas premiered at the Venice Film Festival Thursday, earning praise from several critics for its portrayal of the 1950s blonde bombshell. Adapted from the Joyce Carol Oates novel of the same name, the film runs nearly three hours and received a 14-minute standing ovation from the crowd, which caused de Armas to break down into tears, according to Variety.“Andrew Dominik’s Venice Film Festival competition entry ‘Blonde’ takes a blowtorch to the entire concept of the Hollywood biopic and arrives at something almost without precedent,” Deadline’s critic said.“[‘Blonde’] is simply inventing fresh indignities for the most positively, permanently persecuted heroine outside of a John Waters movie ever to have to suffer.” As Netflix’s first film with an NC-17 rating, “Blonde” sparked backlash almost instantly when it debuted its first trailer in July over the casting of de Armas due to the fact that she is Cuban and her accent was not “authentic.”Variety’s critic Owen Gleiberman disagreed in his review, saying the film is “built around a performance, by Ana de Armas, of breathtaking shimmer and imagination and candor and heartbreak.
It’s a luscious piece of acting with a raw scream tucked inside.”“No actress alive is going to look just like Monroe (de Armas’ eyes are a dead ringer; her smile is a tad less ripe and more knowing), but with Marilyn the voice is everything — that’s where her personality lives — and de Armas nails it to an uncanny degree,” he added.“In ‘Blonde,’ she gives us nothing less than what we came for. She becomes Marilyn Monroe.”Despite the high praise, some reviewers found that “Blonde” deprives Monroe of her own urgency.“This is a portrait of Monroe that
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‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes’ is about ‘well-dressed wh – – es’: ‘Blonde’ director
“Blonde” director Andrew Dominik has strong opinions about cultural icon Marilyn Monroe as his NC-17-rated Netflix film starring Ana de Armas as the golden-haired bombshell dropped on Wednesday.Although Dominik. 54, created the movie inspired by Joyce Carol Oates’ fictional book, he’s not a big fan of the late actress’ film career.Dominik spoke to Sight and Sound magazine’s film critic Christina Newland, who shared a portion of her interview that didn’t make the official profile on Twitter Tuesday.“She’s somebody who’s become this huge cultural thing in a whole load of movies that nobody really watches, right?” the New Zealand filmmaker said.
How Ana de Armas transformed into Marilyn Monroe for ‘Blonde’
2000 best seller of the same title by Joyce Carol Oates, is being rolled out on big and small screens by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. “Blonde,” rated NC-17, opened in select theaters Friday. It’s slated for national release on Sept. 23, and will stream globally via Netflix on Sept.
How to Watch ‘Blonde': Is the Marilyn Monroe Biopic Streaming?
de Armas’ performance.Fans of Ana De Armas or Marilyn Monroe herself may be wondering how to watch “Blonde,” and we’ve gathered the details below.“Blonde” will be streaming on Netflix starting Sept. 28Yes, the film opened in select theaters on Sept. 16.
Ana de Armas Talks 'Blonde' Nude Scenes, Says It's 'Upsetting' to Think About Clips Going Viral
Ana de Armas bares it all in the upcoming movie Blonde and she expects the clips to go viral online, which she says is “upsetting just to think about.”
‘Blonde’ Star Ana de Armas on Getting to Know Marilyn Monroe
Liza Foreman When Cuban-Spanish actor Ana de Armas was asked to play Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s Netflix feature “Blonde,” she spent months preparing and studying for the role. “It was very important to discover the real woman and bring all of those elements together,” she said Saturday at the San Sebastian Film Festival. “My idea of Marilyn in the past was quite elementary,” she said at a press conference. “I knew her films and little more. To get to know her story was fascinating for me. She represented the dream that we all want to be. So what could go so wrong? I now respect her much more, and understand her better and could humanize her much more, and give her more credit for the effort she put into things.”
Ana de Armas went to Marilyn Monroe’s grave to ask “permission” to play her
Blonde star Ana de Armas says she went to Marilyn Monroe’s grave to ask permission to play her.The actor plays the Hollywood icon in new Netflix biopic Blonde directed by Andrew Dominik, released in cinemas today (September 23) and streaming next week.In an interview with AnOther, Ana de Armas revealed that she and the Blonde crew visited Monroe’s grave in Los Angeles, at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery to ask permission to tell her story on film.“We got this big card and everyone in the crew wrote a message to her,” de Armas said. Then we went to the cemetery and put it on her grave.
‘Blonde’ Director Andrew Dominik On “Partner In Crime” Ana De Armas, Mythmaking, Studio Anxieties & The Piece Of Paper He Signed For Netflix
Few movie dramas in recent years have generated as much fevered online speculation as Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde.
Ana de Armas’ ‘Blonde’ Ambition: How She Channeled Marilyn Monroe’s Body and Soul for Netflix’s NC-17 Gamble
Ana de Armas needed to convince Netflix that she could be Marilyn Monroe. She was already the first choice of director Andrew Dominik, whose film “Blonde,” a surrealist vision of the life and death of the screen legend, had been reportedly cast with various leading ladies before alighting on de Armas, but “Knives Out” — the hit film in which the previously little-known performer sat at the center of the mystery — hadn’t yet come out. In 2019, few knew her name. De Armas brought her accent coach to the in-person screen test with Netflix. “I hadn’t had the training and the voice and everything,” says de Armas, who was born and raised in Cuba. “So my coach was crouching on the floor, under the table.” The stakes were high. “I just knew that everything we did that day was going to be the definitive test of the movie to be greenlit or not.” The scene was one in which Monroe pleads with husband Joe DiMaggio to let her move to New York so that she can “start from zero, away from Hollywood,” de Armas recalls; passion had to enter Monroe’s voice, all as the woman under the table fed de Armas the proper pronunciations of the lines.
Ana de Armas Calls Playing The Role of Marilyn Monroe 'A Miracle'
Ana de Armas continues her Blonde promo with two more appearances in New York City.
‘Blonde’: Ana de Armas Left A Card On Marilyn Monroe’s Grave “Asking For Permission” To Make The Film
When it comes to biopics, they don’t get much more intensely intimate than Andrew Dominik‘s “Blonde.” And the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month confirmed that Ana de Armas expertly channels Marilyn Monroe in her performance. In fact, de Armas got so close to Monroe during the film’s production the actress attempted to contact the deceased starlet, in a way.
‘Blonde’ Star Adrien Brody Recalls First Time Seeing Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe: ‘I Was Transported’
Michaela Zee editor The first time “Blonde” star Adrien Brody saw Ana de Armas’ transformation into Marilyn Monroe was on set right before filming their first scene together. “I was transported to another time and place,” Brody, who plays Arthur Miller (aka The Playwright), told Variety at the U.S. premiere of “Blonde” in Hollywood Tuesday night. “I really thought she channeled [Marilyn] — she brought a nuanced, emotionally present [and] connected impression of her. I’m still blown away by it. It was really impressive.” Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name, “Blonde” presents a reimagined version of the iconic actor’s life, from the traumatic childhood of Norma Jeane Baker to her rise to fame as Marilyn Monroe. The supporting cast includes Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel, Evan Williams, Sara Paxton and Scoot McNairy.