Blonde

Blonde is much more than a monsterpiece on Marilyn Monroe

Piece by piece, the mystique of Marilyn Monroe is unravelled in this joyless film. There is no sunshine or humour in Blonde. The only jokes that are cracked are directed at Marilyn, life being the cruelest possible joke played on a woman who thankfully died young, before she was abused any more.

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Blonde is not a silly biopic that is wholesome and heartwarming. It is raw, and completely stylised and fictional account of an iconic star’s life. It is inspired partly by facts, like Marilyn Monroe’s marriages, and partly by scandals and rumours, like the one with President John F. Kennedy.

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From the trauma of a mentally unstable and violent mother, through her rape at the hands of a studio boss, to a particularly sordid scene with president John F Kennedy, Monroe's life is depicted as one of relentless abuse and anguish.

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It is not a biopic, not in a familiar sense. It is not chronological, nor an attempt at a complete account. Most crucially, it's not factual — it's based on a novel, "Blonde" by Joyce Carol Oates.

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Directed by Andrew Dominik and based on Joyce Carol Oates's legendary novel of the same name, the film does not shy away from the most controversial pieces of Monroe's life and her status as the sex symbol of the 20th century.

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