This year has been another missed opportunity with Thierry Fremaux having to pass up the chance to world premiere Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” and, most intriguingly of all, Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” The latter is the Marilyn Monroe biopic that was stamped with an NC-17 rating a few months ago. The film comes with a lot of controversy, most of which involves Dominik fighting for final cut with Netflix. The filmmaker ultimately won the battle, despite Netflix hiring an editor to “tighten” the film. Regardless, a big fan of the film is Cannes boss Fremaux, who hasn’t been shy in praising “Blonde” more than a few times. He did it again this afternoon when interviewed by Variety, going as far as to say that it would have absolutely made it into the official competition if Netflix had allowed it to go to the Croisette: Back in June of 2021, Fremaux had reiterated his love for Dominik’s film and the frustration of not having it at Cannes: The one and only time Netflix premiered its films in competition at Cannes was in 2017 when they had Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories” and Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja” vying for the Palme d’Or. I was there, boos could be heard from the French-heavy crowd when the Netflix logo appeared on-screen. Contribute Hire me
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