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Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Outfits in ‘Blonde’

Marilyn Monroe’s on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Think of the hot pink strapless gown she wore to sing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” Or the white halter cocktail dress that billowed up over a subway grate in “The Seven Year Itch.” They have been recreated, reimagined…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is the Marilyn Monroe Netflix epic Blonde based on true events?

Netflix film Blonde sees Ana de Armas become the latest actor to play the original Hollywood bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, in an epic that nearly hits the three-hour mark

Daily Mirror

Some like it overheated: how Marilyn Monroe is betrayed by Blonde

Andrew Dominik’s explicit, button-pushing take on the life of the superstar uses shock tactics to replace insight and depth

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Blonde director says he wasn’t ‘concerned with being tasteful’ in his depiction of Marilyn Monroe’s abortion

New psychological drama ‘is supposed to leave you shaking,’ Andrew Dominik said

The Independent UK

Joyce Carol Oates says Marilyn Monroe went through ‘much worse’ than anything in Blonde

New Netflix psychological drama biopic is based on Oates’ novel of the same name

The Independent UK

Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic outfits in ‘Blonde’

Marilyn Monroe’s on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her

The Independent UK

Joyce Carol Oates says Marilyn Monroe went through ‘much worse’ than anything in Blonde

New Netflix psychological drama biopic is based on Oates’ novel of the same name

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Deeply divisive Monroe biopic 'Blonde' hits Netflix

Paris (AFP) - Destined to be one of the most divisive films of the year, Marilyn Monroe biopic "Blonde" finally lands on Netflix on Wednesday after more than a decade of troubled production.

AFP

Blonde review – a hellish vision of Marilyn and her monsters

Andrew Dominik’s gothic portrait of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe – an extraordinary Ana de Armas – is a fever dream of childhood trauma haunting adult life

The Guardian - UK

From Don’t Worry Darling to Peaky Blinders: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Enthralled by Harry Styles? Thrilled by dancing flat-capped gangsters? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Marilyn Monroe fascination comes to Netflix with 'Blonde'

Marilyn Monroe has been dead for almost 60 years, but there is still a kind of madness around her that remains

The Independent UK

Blonde to Harriet: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ana de Armas is uncanny as the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and Cynthia Erivo is remarkable as the American abolitionist. Plus: Beverly Hills Cop

The Guardian - UK

Overwrought, overlong ‘Blonde’ depicts Marilyn Monroe’s life as a joyless nightmare

Netflix film has an arresting look, but too many visual and aural tricks fight for our attention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ana de Armas finds it ‘disgusting’ and ‘upsetting’ that her Marilyn Monroe nude scenes will ‘go viral’

Film makes history as Netflix’s first produced NC-17 rated movie

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The Independent UK

‘I couldn’t let her go’: Ana de Armas says she visited Marilyn Monroe’s grave while filming Blonde

‘I couldn’t shake it off. I couldn’t let her go,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Blonde: Ana de Armas finds it ‘disgusting’ and ‘upsetting’ that her nude scenes will ‘go viral’

Film makes history as Netflix’s first produced NC-17 rated movie

The Guardian - UK

Blonde review – Ana de Armas gives her all as Monroe in otherwise incurious film

Glossy horror perpetuates the tradition of portraying the brilliant actor as an infantile, sacrificial sex-lamb on the altar of celebrity

Evening Standard

Ana de Armas: Filming Marilyn biopic Blonde gave me goosebumps

Ana De Armas has revealed the extent to which the cast and crew of the Marilyn Monroe biopic went to in order to recreate the life and times of the Hollywood legend.

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Blonde: Joyce Carol Oates' epic Marilyn Monroe novel captures the violence of celebrity myth-making

Marilyn Monroe died 60 years ago, on August 4 1962. And on September 28, Netflix will release Blonde, a film by Australian director Andrew Dominik, starring Cuban actress Ana de Armas as Monroe.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: Ana de Armas Digs Deep as Marilyn in Brutal ‘Blonde’

What a dream it must be to be Marilyn Monroe, a starstruck assistant tells her. “Everyone would give their right arm to be you!” And we cringe, as we’ll do many times during Andrew Dominik’s brutal, bruising and often beautiful “Blonde,” starring a heartbreaking Ana de Armas. This time, it’s…

Salon

Why this Marilyn Monroe biopic is NC-17

The NC-17 rating has historically been bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy

A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

Evening Standard

Ana de Armas wipes away tears as Blonde receives 14-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

The 34-year-old plays Marilyn Monroe in the biographical drama, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates

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Ana De Armas Said Marilyn Monroe’s Ghost Haunted Blonde’s Cast ‘Threw Things’ Around

"She was with us."

The Independent UK

Blonde: Ana de Armas tears up as Adrien Brody praises her ‘remarkable’ portrayal of Marilyn Monroe

‘I can’t think of any other person who could’ve brought what Ana brought to the role,’ Brody lauded

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