Tag Archives: Insignificance

Deconstructing Stardom

Posted on December 21, 2011 by marina72

Over at Film School Rejects, an interesting review of Nicolas Roeg’s 1985 fantasy, Insignificance: “We may be introduced to Monroe in a staging of the famous upskirt moment from The Seven Year Itch (1955), but this moment is de-authenticated and deconstructed as … Continue reading →


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Variations on Marilyn

Posted on November 10, 2011 by marina72

  The myriad imitators of Marilyn Monroe have been much-discussed of late. Perhaps the most interesting analysis comes from The AV Club, considering past film portrayals in The Goddess, The Sex Symbol, Insignificance, and Mister Lonely; Marilyn-inspired characters in The Munsters and … Continue reading →


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‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

Posted on September 19, 2011 by marina72

Over at Flavorwire, a look back at past depictions of Marilyn in popular culture, in anticipation of Michelle Williams’ upcoming movie role. Pictured above is Catherine Hicks in the TV movie, Marilyn: An Untold Story (1980.) I would also nominate … Continue reading →


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Rediscovered Treasures

Posted on July 6, 2011 by marina72

Thanks to the continuing Marilyn! season in Brooklyn, some of Marilyn’s lesser-known movies are being reassessed. AltScreen devotes an entire post to critical analysis of Monkey Business, while over at Slant, Joseph Jan Lanthier compares Marilyn’s portrait of a disturbed … Continue reading →


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Marilyn on Blu-Ray

Posted on March 16, 2011 by marina72

Nicolas Roeg’s Insignificance, featuring an MM-inspired heroine, will be released by Criterion on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 14. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION: Newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg and producer Jeremy Thomas (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on … Continue reading →


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‘Insignificance’ at BFI Southbank

Posted on March 5, 2011 by marina72

Insignificance, a 1985 fantasy film imagining a meeting between four characters very similar to Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe meeting in a hotel room one night in New York, screens at the BFI Southbank, London, on … Continue reading →


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