Despite the polemics and controversies, Blonde, the fake Marilyn Monroe biopic by Andrew Dominik, is defended by Joyce Carol Oates, the author of the novel from which the film is adapted.
Fake biopic on Marilyn Monroe available on Netflix, Blonde is subject to many controversies. Between the sex scenes and the violent sequences, the fiction ofAndrew Dominick adapted from the novel by Joyce Carol Oates divides both the public and the critics.
While the film continues to unleash passions, the author of the book Blonde hairwhich inspired the feature film worn by Ana de Armas, has decided to speak out and defend the director’s vision.
The author defends the Netflix film
Despite the polemics and controversies, Joyce Carol Oates, the author of the novel from which the Netflix film is adapted, defends Andrew Dominik’s proposal. The novelist spoke on his Twitter account to say all the good things she thought of Blonde:
“Andrew Dominik may have believed he was making a #MeToo-era film in Blonde that would be recognized as exposing male cruelty and sexual abuse of women and the denigration of Marilyn Monroe as a victim ultimately pushed to suicide.”
She acknowledges that the film won’t appeal to everyone and that it’s a radical proposition, but calls it a “brilliant work of cinematic art”:
“I think it was and is a brilliant piece of cinematic art, which obviously isn’t for everyone. It’s surprising that in the post #MeToo era, the brutal exposure of predation Sexual abuse in Hollywood has been interpreted as a form of exploitation. Surely Andrew Dominik wanted to tell the story of Norma Jeane sincerely.”
Responding to a series of tweets, Oates believes this is an accurate portrayal of the life – writ large – of Marilyn Monroe. And with the release of the film and the controversy, Joyce Carol Oates’ opinion has not changed. In 2020, she was already sharing on his Twitter account her feelings on the first rushes of Blonde that she found “surprising, brilliant, disturbing and surprisingly feminist in its interpretation”.
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Blonde is available on Netflix.