Ahead of her 100th anniversary, Marilyn graces the latest cover of Spanish news weekly El Cultural, with a 1955 photo by Hal Berg (assistant to Milton Greene) rendered in monochrome.
“On June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles, a symbol of a confusing and violent 20th century that loved to devour its myths first and mourn them later. The myth of Marilyn, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, remains alive despite the more than 60 years that have passed since her death in August 1962, a victim of a barbiturate overdose.
Deeply insecure, she never overcame the traumas of a terrifying childhood. As an actress, she would arrive late to film sets, forget her lines, but then set the screen ablaze with her magic. Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Marta Sanz write about her enigmas and fragility, Javier Yuste revisits the filming of her last movie (The Misfits), and Nuria Azancot recovers some chilling autobiographical fragments.”
And on the big screen, two of Marilyn’s finest comedies are coming to Tabakelera in San Sebastiàn on the Basque coast, as part of a year-long retrospective for director Billy Wilder – accompanied by a new book, Anatomy of a Genius.
“Billy Wilder holds a place of honour in the collective imagination and emotional education of film lovers worldwide. His talent and fantastic versatility allowed him to defy categorisation and contribute key works in a wide variety of genres: film noir (Double Indemnity), comedy (Some Like It Hot), drama (Sunset Boulevard), war films (One, Two, Three), romance (Sabrina), thrillers (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), courtroom dramas (Witness for the Prosecution), journalistic dramas (The Front Page), and those genre-defying films that are like life itself (The Apartment).”
- THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH – May 27 at 7pm
- SOME LIKE IT HOT – June 24 at 7pm
The Marilyn Report 