Nick Cave boldly proclaims Blonde is his “favorite movie of all time”
Nick Cave recorded the soundtrack for Blonde alongside Warren Ellis, but that has nothing to do with it
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Andrew Dominik’s so-called Marilyn Monroe “biopic” Blonde has caused derision for its exploitation of the trauma endured by the Hollywood icon, as well as its anti-choice messaging and general badness. However, Dominik finds one devoted fan in musician Nick Cave, who shares that the controversial film is officially his favorite film—ever.
In a simple letter, shared on his newsletter site The Red Hand Files, Cave offers a plain answer to the question, “What is your favorite movie of all time?”
“Dear Sourav, Blonde. Love, Nick,” Cave writes, offering no further explanation on how the film could have possibly earned that title.
It’s a surprising answer from the Bad Seeds frontman, and maybe Sourav (like us) expected something a little… better, or at the least, interesting. It’s a compelling choice for many reasons, but mainly because Cave crafted the soundtrack for Blonde with Warren Ellis, and has been a longtime collaborator with Dominik.
As frequent collaborators, Cave and director Dominik previously worked together on the 2007 film The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, as well as the music documentaries One More Time With Feeling (in which, Cave is a subject) and This Much I Know To Be True.
“Working with Andrew Dominik is always a challenging, but ultimately mind-blowing experience,” Cave said earlier this year, per Rolling Stone. “Creating the score for this terrifying and complex reimagining of the Marilyn Monroe story was no different and, as always, it was a complete privilege to work with him. The darkest of films with a gorgeous spiritual score.”
If darkness is what you’re looking for Cave, you certainly found it with Blonde. But, it may be time to branch outside of the work made by your pal Dominik.
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“Andrew Dominik’s so-called Marilyn Monroe “biopic” Blonde”
It’s not, and never was, a biopic. It is an adaptation of a NOVEL which is FICTION.
Grief does strange things to a man
I’m going with this as a rationalization. I also saw him standing around with Brad Pitt at Pitt’s sculpture show the other day. Edited to clarify – I saw this in a photo!
Both of them were exhibiting.
Oh, thank you for clarifying!
Every time I see a picture of Nick Cave I think of the comment a friend once made. “With a forehead like that, you kinda gotta have Cave in your name.”
Because you don’t know what a cave is?
“Guy really likes a friend’s movie he worked on”
He should stop dying his hair.
It’s time, Nick.
Eyebrows as well.
I read an interview with him back before his hairline was magically restored and he was very down on his physical appearance. Said he was avoiding mirrors and would never stop dying his hair.
He even likes it better than the 1987 classic Three O’ Clock High!?!?
Goddamn I was sure he diedIs that the same Warren Ellis as comics?
Different Warren Ellis.
Violinist he’s been collaborating with for decades now across various projects, but he’s still best known in some circles for being part of The Dirty Three.
This isn’t nearly as good as the time Brian Wilson said his favorite movie was Norbit.
Hey, he’s been through a lot, okay?
His Jesse James soundtrack was fantastic, and I can still hum a few bars from some of the songs years later. I watched Blonde last weekend and know it had a soundtrack, but don’t recall any specifics. Of course it could just be that I liked Jesse James much more so remember the music that went along with scenes I liked.
His right hand was unavailable for comment.
Well, this feels like a red flag.
Hmm, relentlessly bleak but visually beautiful story about constant misery that results in suicide. That’s very on-brand.