{"id":168972,"date":"2025-12-05T05:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/168972\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T05:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:06:08","slug":"andrew-dominik-reflects-on-the-reaction-to-blonde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/168972\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Dominik reflects on the reaction to Blonde"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Dominik\u2019s Blonde was highly polarizing upon its release in 2022, and the director still doesn\u2019t understand why audiences didn\u2019t like it. \u201cI don\u2019t understand,\u201d Dominik said during a conversation with French producer Ronald Chammah at the Marrakech Film Festival (via Variety<\/a>). \u201c[I was] surprised by the reaction. It\u2019s kind of a horror film, and I guess that\u2019s what people didn\u2019t expect. But I like it.\u201c<\/p>\n

Why Was Blonde So Controversial?<\/p>\n

Blonde is a fictionalized interpretation of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de\u00a0Armas. The film was going to be controversial no matter what, merely due to its NC-17 rating. Blonde contains graphic scenes of sexual abuse, and many felt it was an exploitative and dehumanizing look at the iconic actress.<\/p>\n

Critics and audiences were split on the film. Our own Chris Bumbray was a fan, but admitted that Blonde is an \u201cincredibly tough watch\u201d and ranks as \u201cone of the most intense, upsetting films in recent years.\u201d But, if you\u2019ve got the stomach for it, \u201cit\u2019s also a great work of art, and kudos to Netflix for allowing Dominik to make something so uncompromising.\u201d You can read the rest of his review right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ana de Armas earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance, yet in a testament to how polarizing the film proved to be, it also walked away with Worst Picture<\/a> at the Golden Raspberry Awards.<\/p>\n

Andrew Dominik Credits Brad Pitt for Saving Him from \u201cDirector Jail\u201d<\/p>\n

Brad Pitt starred in Dominik\u2019s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (one of my absolute favourite movies) and Killing Them Softly. He also produced Blonde. When asked about his relationship with the actor, Dominik credits Pitt with saving him from director\u2019s jail. <\/p>\n

\u201cBrad is the reason I\u2019ve worked,\u201d Dominik said. \u201cIt\u2019s like, I make a film and then they put me in director jail. And then Brad comes down to the parole board and says, \u2018Look, he\u2019s learned his lesson. He\u2019s going to make something a bit more user-friendly this time.\u2019 He protects me \u2026 I\u2019m really lucky to have a friendship like that.\u201c<\/p>\n

As for what\u2019s next for Dominik, the director teased that he has \u201ctwo completely different things\u201d in the works. \u201cOne is, I\u2019d like to make a religious film or a spiritual film, and the other is I\u2019m completely fascinated by AI as a generative visual tool and what could be done with that,\u201d he said. \u201cThat has no limits to it. \u2026 One is a very raw film that\u2019s not even in focus, and the other one is something completely stylized that cannibalizes other images.\u201c<\/p>\n

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