Accusations of abhorrent crudity may be fairly lobbed at the subject matter of blonde, but certainly not at andrew dominik’s talents as a provocative, implicating filmmaker, solemnly studying norma jean and marilyn monroe as dual identities in perpetual conflict, and disturbingly manifesting their world as a surreal, existential nightmare psychologically fusing them together. This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault.filmmaker andrew dominik’s blonde, a new netflix film about the trials and tribulations of screen icon marilyn monroe. The final scene undoubtedly cements the argument that while dominik can claim blonde as art and cinema all he wants, it doesn’t detract from the fact that it exploits real people and real events. A highly fictionalized account of marilyn monroe's (ana de armas) glamorous but ultimately tragic life, based on the eponymous 2000 novel by joyce carol oates Also with julianne nicholson, xavier samuel, evan williams, adrien brody, sara paxton, bobby cannavale, lucy devito, garret dillahunt, scoot mcnairy, dan butler, toby huss, david warshofsky, caspar phillipson and rebecca wisocky. Netflix's new marilyn monroe movie blonde has arrived, and it may be 2022's most controversial film
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