Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Hawks, 1953): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6.10pm
This film, part of the Marilyn Monroe season at BFI Southbank, also screens on June 25th. Details here.Tonight's screening features and introduction by BFI Film Programmer Rógan Graham.
Chicago Reader review:
Howard Hawks's grand, brassy 1953 musical about two girls from Little
Rock—Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell—gone gold digging in Paris. The
male sex is represented by a bespectacled nerd (Tommy Noonan), a dirty
old man (Charles Coburn), and a 12-year-old voyeur (the unforgettable
George "Foghorn" Winslow), all of whom deserve what they get. The
opening shot—Russell and Monroe in sequins standing against a screaming
red drape—is enough to knock you out of your seat, and the audacity
barely lets up from there, as Russell romances the entire U.S. Olympic
team to the tune of "Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?" and Hawks keeps
topping perversity with perversity. A landmark encounter in the battle
of the sexes.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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