it was a really big deal. and she prepared so much for that brief performance. marilyn had an association with president kennedy, and it links together politics and hollywood. and john f. kennedy s presidency was very much a hollywood presidency. mr. president, on this occasion of your birthday, this lovely lady is not only but punctual. i think the whole world knew that there was a relationship between marilyn monroe and the president of the united states. it was show business, and it was secretive. mr. president, marilyn munro. that night, the whole madison square garden sat there, in all, waiting for this princess of motion picture industry, and the president.
along with vulnerability. discipline. she stood up to the old hollywood guard. she said i m not going to take it anymore. up until the day she died she was a fighter. get out of here. of course, early death is a tragedy, but that doesn t overwrite everything that she achieved up until that point. she became the biggest movie star in the world. and she remains one of the most famous instantly recognizable women in history. excited fans gather on a san diego beach to watch marilyn munro shoot her first film in two years.
billy wilder director in some like it hot, which is, arguably, her greatest role. she is incredible what she does with that. on paper, the role of sugarcane is very much an archetype of a dumb blonde. i come from this musical family, my mother is a piano teacher, my father is a conductor. what did he conduct? the baltimore, ohio. this woman is so dumb that she doesn t even realize that her two best friends are men in drag. i m not very bright, i guess. marilyn transforms this very two dimensional character to a three-dimensional woman. they are borrowing money, and betting on horses. marilyn munro was able to make her character so relatable even though they were sort of vapid. you could identify with them.
and i think she does a terrificjob of it. the first thing to say is, in much the same way as andrew dominik s blonde is not a biopic about marilyn munro, this is not a biopic about emily bronte. this is much more an imagined life, it s an attempt to put on screen the emotions and feelings of the writing, and to do it in an invented way that perhaps lets you into the real life character. but it s not factual, it s not tied to factual detail. i thought it was great, partly because it s really vibrant, it s a really, really lively film. bio pics, particularly about writers, can often be, and then i sat down and wrote something by candlelight and it was very hard.the end. what this does is it kind of take creative liberties. the performances are universally great, again, another very good score. you feel the landscape, you get a sense of what s inspiring her as a writer. but it s also, i m
to see who you ve become. every time i come home, i see - more and more what you are becoming. i won t let you drag me down. iwon t! i m going to make i something of myself. charlotte. so, this is written and directed by frances o connor, who of course is an actor turned director. making her directorial feature debut and i think she does a terrificjob of it. the first thing to say is, in much the same way as andrew dominik s blonde is not a biopic about marilyn munro, this is not a biopic about emily bronte. this is much more an imagined life, an attempt to put on screen the emotions and feelings of the writing, and to do it in an invented way that perhaps lets you into the real life character. but it s not factual, it s not tied to factual detail. i thought it was great, partly because it s really vibrant, it s a really, really lively film. bio pics, particularly