Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What's on their wall...


In Happy Together we can spot in the closet of Alex’s dorm room the poster for Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe (we do also find on her wall a poster for Singing in the Rain and by her bedside Casablanca, but those do bear less importance). It’s easy to see how a character as Alex would be a fan of Marilyn Monroe with whom she shares more than just a career wish; as Marilyn is often portrayed to have secretly stayed the country girl that amidst parties, men and movie career always searched for the one thing Hollywood hasn’t to offer: Love and a home, so is Alex a character that likes to party hard and changes identity with every new boyfriend, always searching for something or someone to give her live a meaning, to provide her a place in the order of things.

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