FILM 1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: My Week With Marilyn, Strapless Dress, Flapper
30 Mar 2016
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My week with marilyn - simon curtis - 2011. Star theory - star power - star persona - in context with marilyn monroe. Gentlemen prefer blondes is a hollywood film musical. Adapted from novel to play - silent film. Perform for their audience and for the film audience. Calling attention to the artists and the show. Spectacles and spectatorship will always be determined by the time period in which people are watching, or and the time period to which the film refers. Aware it is a show and not real - the awareness is removed - show within a show - detachment from the story. Story about her, impersonation of her, conscious of the performance - my week with marilyn. Knowledge of marilyn, reinforces our impression of her - marilyn as a sex symbol. No dumb blonde, dates the rich guys and sleeps with them. Justified in their mischievous behaviour - presents a strong social divide.
