Andrew Dominik says American response to Blonde “stunned” him

Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde garnered loads of controversy upon launch–however that’s not essentially a foul factor. The director is now talking on the response of the film, from its viewership to its criticisms.

Talking on the Crimson Sea Worldwide Movie Competition, Andrew Dominik stated, “Criticism solely hurts for those who agree with it, and I didn’t actually agree with any of it. I used to be anticipating important success and that no-one would see the movie; Blonde was sort of the other. In America, they hated the film. They had been indignant, outraged by the movie – however lots of people noticed the movie. I used to be sort of stunned by it.”

Andrew Dominik additionally advised that viewers could actually have a little guilt over their expectations and what transpires in Blonde. “I believe her precise life was approach worse than the movie…Should you spent 70 years having fun with a fantasy of an individual, then a film comes alongside that claims she was not complicit in your enjoyment, it places you in an uncomfortable place for having loved it…We’re residing in a time the place it’s essential to current girls as empowered, and so they need to reinvent [Monroe] as an empowered lady.”

The NC-17 Blonde was a significant hit on Netflix, however proved divisive with each viewers and critics. Tales circulated that many viewers turning it off after 20 minutes–leaving nonetheless about two hours and 40 minutes left. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus reads: “Ana de Armas’ luminous efficiency makes it troublesome to look away, however Blonde could be laborious to observe because it teeters between commenting on exploitation and contributing to it.” It additionally had a freethinking fetus, so, yeah, which will cut up an viewers…

Including to his ideas, Andrew Dominik stated, “The film enterprise has change into much less and fewer like that; the film enterprise and society normally has change into very involved with not offending individuals.”

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