costuming 10/10, plus marilyn, music, and surprisingly progressive undertones. honestly a cultural touchstone in so many ways (i also recommend some like it hot, not in color but still very good)
I had a cold this week but after watching Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (on the Criterion Channel) it was gone. Marilyn Monroe is a comic genius and Jane Russell is a fucking legend. A film about besties being drop-dead flawless and bringing out the best in each other, getting over and getting theirs. It is pure cinema.
Forever iconic. This movie has everything—Bette Davis, homoerotic obsession, a scene-stealing cameo from a little-known up-and-coming actress named Marilyn Monroe…
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean in an oddly progressive drama about Texas land and oil. Elizabeth Taylor is just the best and her character in this movie is so likable.
Honorable mentions:
Daisies (1966)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Because both are Czech new wave masterpieces and psychedelic sights to behold.
