I think the project has got a lot of really exciting possibilities, in terms of what can be done, cinematically.įor Dominik, Blonde was his first attempt at developing a film featuring a woman at the center of the story. It takes all of those things and turns the meanings of them inside out, according to how she feels, which is basically how we live. It's basically the story of every human being, but it's using a certain sense of association that we have with something very familiar, just through media exposure. It tells the story of how a childhood trauma shapes an adult who's split between a public and a private self. For women, she embodies all the injustices visited upon the feminine, a sister, a Cinderella, consigned to live among the ashes I want to tell the story of Norma Jean as a central figure in a fairytale an orphan child lost in the woods of Hollywood, being consumed by that great icon of the twentieth century." Dominik described the film as being "more accessible" than his previous projects, and revealed that his script contained "very little dialogue", as he preferred to make it more of an "avalanche of images and events." Furthermore, Dominik stated: Dominik discussed his fascination with Marilyn Monroe, stating, "Why is Marilyn Monroe the great female icon of the 20th Century? For men she is an object of sexual desire that is desperately in need of rescue. Development and writing Īndrew Dominik, who served as the director and screenwriter on the film, had begun developing the project as early as 2010, which is an adaptation of the novel, Blonde (2000), by Joyce Carol Oates. Writer and director Andrew Dominik (left) and Joyce Carol Oates, the author of the novel the film is based on. It is rated NC-17 for its graphic sexual content and will be the first of its kind to be released through a streaming service. Production wrapped in July 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.īlonde will have its world premiere at the 79th Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 16, 2022, before its streaming release on September 28, 2022, by Netflix. ĭede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, Brad Pitt, and Scott Robertson serve as producers on the film, which, after a lengthy period of development that began in 2010, began production in Los Angeles in August 2019. Along with shifting aspect ratios, a majority of the film was shot in black and white other portions are to be set in color. Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson also appear in supporting roles. Adapted from the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, the film is a fictionalized take on the life of actress Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de Armas. Blonde is an upcoming American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik.
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