The Misfits (1961) is showing at SALA Event Centre in Los Alamos, New Mexico on Saturday, July 5 at 6:30 pm, beginning a four-week season of Marilyn’s movies.
“The Misfits is one of those movies that’s hard to separate from the circumstances behind its creation … Set in contemporary Nevada, the movie deconstructs the romance of the Western. It also confronts masculine ideals head on with all of the leads, Gable, Clift, and Eli Wallach failing utterly. Monroe, who is typically the best part of any movie I’ve seen her in, puts in a masterful performance here as the naive and compassionate Roslyn … Utterly heartbreaking. But beautiful.”
– Liam Sullivan, Panorama of the Mountains
Some Like It Hot (1959) is next up on July 12, followed by two rarely screened early Monroe films: Clash By Night (1952), a Noir-tinged melodrama, on July 19; and Ladies of the Chorus (1948), the low-budget musical which gave Marilyn her first lead role, on July 26.
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