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Marilyn Monroe: Fragments (2010)

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Marilyn Monroe, even after all this time she is still looked at as a brainless bimbo by some people. When you dive a little deeper into her life, you will learn that there is an intelligent and empathic woman who needed to create a mask to keep herself from getting hurt (again and again). It was a mask she didn't drop often, but with Fragments you get a more than decent look at the woman behind the mask. Especially since it has never been so clear that there are two personalities in one woman. The focus of Fragments lies on Norma Jeane Mortenson (Monroe's real name) and not the carefully crafted image called Marilyn Monroe. The book collects several written documents varying from poems to letters to even recipes. Not everything is that interesting (especially the recipes have no added value, luckily this is only a small portion of the book) but it is clear that the actress is at her most vulnerable in these texts. Her break-up with Arthur Miller, her time in the psychiatric war
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2021)

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Rarely have I known a movie that sowed so many different opinions as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I went to see the film in the theater with 2 other people, and one of them thought it was a mediocre Tarantino, and the other thought it was the worst Tarantino in his entire oeuvre. I, on the other hand, was more on the positive side and thought it was one of his best films since he directed Inglourious Basterds. Of these three people, I was actually the only one who was somewhat interested in the book that Tarantino published in 2021. No idea what to expect, but I started with a lot of expectation. The interesting thing about this whole release is that it's not just a one-to-one translation of the film. There are elements that come back of course (Cliff Booth's visit to the western ranch where the Manson Family is hiding is recounted), but the majority is a sort of extension of the film. This time you get a lot more background about Cliff Booth. You get (among other things) an
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