I agree. It’s phenomenal. The ending. Let’s talk about the ending of profound grief. Loneliness. The white sheet photo shoot intertwined with her last moments. No messiness with who killed her. Most people say when you die, you see a white light. She is the white light and when you see her slowly pass, the light dims. Most people don’t realize this movie is an adaption of a novel. A novel that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The author of the novel says this movie is brilliant. Not for the faint of heart. But brilliant and strangely, a feminist movie which she says was surprising for a male director. The gyno scenes were already done in the Francois Ozon thriller Double Lover (oddly enough, this movie was also written by Blonde’s author - Joyce Carol Oates - and called Lives of the Twins - I wonder if the director did his homework and was influenced by this movie as well. ) This movie is MM lite. As the author of the novel says, “It was much worse.” But the movie is brilliant. Brilliantly written. Brilliantly cast. Brilliant scored. Brilliant cinematography. And the director’s not getting enough credit. Ana should as her performance is outstanding. Most people seeing this probably know very little of the life of MM and watched very few of her movies. How many people actually saw Clash by Night or The Misfits or Niagara? I knew a lot beforehand about her life so nothing was new to me. I was surprised there wasn’t more stuff but was glad. There’s JFK but no Bobby or Lawford. No Sinatra or Giacanna. There’s Zanuck but no Schenk or Joan Crawford. There’s one termination of pregnancy but the 11 others were not included. The creation of the fictionalized two Jrs was tender and brilliant and worked toward the melancholy and sorrow of the ending. I’m glad to see someone who thinks this movie is outstanding. I think it is one that in time will be revisited in a positive light. Pedro Almodovar praises it as a great film. I think other directors will too.
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