Marilyn Monroe

My Week With Marilyn was such an interesting movie.

The movie portrays Marilyn as a carefree young lady, living life in the moment and living spontaneously. The movie is all about a young man, Colin Clark, who documented his week spent working with Marilyn on a film. Clark was drawn in by Monroe's beauty and high class. He saw a side of Marilyn that nobody else seemed to be able to see, not even her then husband, writer, Arthur Miller. Colin falls hard for Marilyn after being warned by her agent that she would just break his heart. He spends a good bit of time with her and begins to feel she has the same feelings for him that he has for her. When Arthur Miller returns to the filming Monroe tells Colin that the two can no longer go on as they had.

Colin feels torn apart and says that they mustn't even look at each other anymore. Marilyn looks like she doesn't realize how badly she hurt Colin and the two go on basically as strangers until the filming is over. Marilyn has to return to the states after filming is over and she drops by to see Colin one last time. She kisses him goodbye and Colin seems to feel some closure.

That synopsis is a very weak one, but it touches on the parts that hit me the most.

Marilyn Monroe was such a unique figure. She was watched by millions, adored by the world, and idolized by girls everywhere, yet she never seemed to find true love. She died at the age of thirty-six from an apparent overdose and in those thirty-six years she was married and divorced three times. The woman had so much in front of her and had already accomplished so much, but she seemed so lost in her fame. She had the body that fit her age and a mind that was so underdeveloped. She had been around the world and still couldn't find herself. In the movie she has an acting coach who's only job is seemingly to praise Marilyn. The coach tells Marilyn she was the most beautiful, most talented actress in the world. Monroe dwelled on other people's opinions of her, but she hated anything negative being said.

In a way she's a lot like some high school age girls. She has love all around her, but she can't love herself and that leads to her demise. She is the epitome of a woman who needs to be needed and loves to be loved. I feel like she loved the idea of love more then she actually understood it and knew what it was.

She had many love affairs in addition to her marriages and if the Colin Clark story is true it's a great one. Colin loved that week with Marilyn and I think he understood that the two couldn't be together. She was from a totally different set of standards and a totally different world. He accepted that and was able to live for the moment and love the little bit of time he had with her.

He took a chance, let everything else go, and in turn he was granted a week he'd never forget. It all starts with a chance, and with one kiss. From there, all bets were off.


NP: You Stepped Out Of A Dream- Nat King Cole