Anne is Marilyn. It’s her. She is the revived Monroe. Ana de Armas: the Diva. Ana de Armas: the star. Anne is Marilyn. The beauty. The immortal sex symbol. Platinum blonde. Strut of other people’s desires. Hips. Neckline. Breasts. sensual intelligence.
Marilyn was born in Havana. She studied art at the ENA. She was a pioneer and a good girl. She was blonde Cuban. Norma Jeane suddenly gains a certain tropical air that doesn’t sit as badly on her as some people thought. Norma Jeane is different from the real Norma Jeane.
Ana-Marilyn walks with her skirt up. Billy Wilder does nothing. Nobody blames him. Ana-Marilyn dominates the flashes, the red carpet. Ana-Marilyn wants to be beautiful and she is. Elegance. splendor Life and death. Paradox.
What if Blonde. What if abuse. What if Dominik and sex. What if Joyce Carol Oates and the link with fiction. That there was excessive and inconclusive and disrespectful use of it. That she has outshone the star and re-victimized herself. Certain. But they have not managed to “dis-arm” it. Ana stands out.
Ana-Marilyn I love it. Ana-Marilyn sublime. Believable when he moans. Believable when she sings.
Ana-Marilyn raises passions wherever she goes. Ana-Marilyn is leaving rivers of ink. A different Norma Jeane. Miss Monroe? Already!
Elijah Kazan? Marlon Brando? Kennedy? Miller? Sintra? In the psychiatrist’s queue the ghosts of him talking.
Males of nefarious love. Little men with flat souls. Hollywood. Berlin. Havana. Tony Curtis? Joe DiMaggio? The past was a trial. Clap your hands, damn it, it’s Ana.
It is Ana de Armas. Anita. The young Cuban actress. Marilyn’s name is Ana. Monroe is “la cubanita”. A myth, between cuita and cuita. A myth where there are. A young myth that explodes in the eyes of the people. It is Marilyn imposing.
It is Cuba on full screen.
Marilyn de Armas take. Marilyn de Armas, flirtatious. Marilyn de Armas, silhouette and spectacular face.
Marilyn de Armas, the star. Celluloid. Frame. Marilyn de Armas. Fame. Misfortune. Sex. Suicide. Or rather slow homicide woven between plot and drama?
The scandal does not matter nor the divided opinion. Marilyn came back to life. Death in the end was short. Netflix-Hollywood reports that the alarms have gone off but the karmas did not spoil the flash-clap-click party. It only matters, oh, Dominik, the performance of Ana de Armas.
Blonde opens in Europe. The public standing. Ovation. 14 minutes is not enough. Let’s raise the glass. Ana-Marilyn without clothes or with clothes triumphs, wins. Ana de Armas the Cuban Now she is blonde, fragile, dual. Ana de Armas is already worldwide. Blonde premiered in Havana.
