While it's unlikely that Blonde will be called one of the best films ever made, the boldness of the director's inflammatory remarks is clearly palpable throughout the film, which opens with a young Norma Jeane celebrating her seventh birthday. Her mother (Julianne Nicholson) has a surprise, she giddily tells the girl as she pulls her by the hand. Hanging above little Norma Jeane's bed is a fading black and white photo of a dashing man – her father, the mother whispers.
