“I too had a difficult past” – Corriere.it

Far from the imagination of the singer who, sixty years after her death, which occurred on August 4, 1962, is still among us, with her soft, tragic sensuality, with her fragile sensuality, still makes us dream. The new Marilyn is 34 years old, Cuban and wears a blonde wig: her name is Ana de Armas and the movie, BlondeWhile waiting to go to the Venice Film Festival, he can already boast a record: in the US, the first Netflix title with the red dot, is prohibited for minors under the age of 17 (in Italy it will be available from September 28). Director Andrew Dominic, who adapted Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name, said he was surprised, “We live in strange times, and Americans are weird when it comes to sexual behavior.” This movie wanders in mysterious waters but has its own morals. If that wasn’t enough, the institute that holds the image rights to Monroe protested the Cuban accent, which doesn’t match the singer’s unmistakable voice.

Ana de Armas shared with Marilyn Tough Beginnings: I grew up in Havana with rationed food, lack of fuel, and light that came and went, but I can’t say I didn’t have a happy childhood. She says that as a girl who didn’t know what was happening outside Cuba, I didn’t have access to the internet, at home I could only watch twenty minutes of cartoons on TV on Saturdays and movies on Sundays. I watched Hollywood movies at my neighbor’s house, and memorized a whole soliloquy in front of the mirror. In Cuba, he attended theater school as a teenager: my first film arrived, and they told me that I should study, if I accepted that we would miss you. And so I had to repeat the year. At the age of eighteen she obtained Spanish citizenship thanks to her maternal grandparents and traveled to Madrid, where she began her career as an actress. In Los Angeles, in 2014, I started from scratch, I didn’t even speak English. He starred with Ben Affleck in the erotic thriller deep waterThe two had an affair, before dating with Jennifer Lopez.

In the movie, the similarity between Anna and Marilyn is astounding, even if it is completely different because no realistic picture can stand. In fact, the director paints a non-linear fantasy (not a historical document). It tells the story of Norma Jeane, the abused, dark-haired daughter of a single mother who became the most famous blonde star. What does it mean to be Norma and Marilyn at the same time? Ana de Armas, the film’s former Bond girl, said the unconventional film aims to be a sensory and emotional experience. No time to die Next to Daniel Craig. The director’s ambitions were clear: he wanted the world to experience what it really means to be not only Marilyn but also Norma Jeane. The most daring, unrepentant and feminist way of approaching her story. He saw and read everything that was possible, I studied hundreds of photos, videos and audio recordings, each scene inspired by the images found; She explains that for 47 days of filming, three hours a day with makeup on. The director dug into the trauma that required a rift between public and private identity.

There will also be the famous interpretation From Diamonds are a girl’s best friend from the movie Blonde men prefer. At its core we find the human cost of the Hollywood industry, the power and dangers of female sexuality, and the impact of childhood trauma. The honest film – as the director says – was made with love but at the same time full of anger. My ambition is to make you fall in love with Marilyn.