This film is a must watch - the opinion of so many viewers, but on the other hand quite a few people complain about the shallow story and too obvious characters. It's a paradox, which we should look closer at. My guess is that this is a movie with a key (like a book with a key). Look at Lorelei Lee properly and you will notice that her character is about an opposite to the real character of Marilyn Monroe who never (or very rarely) put on a jewelry (and was certainly not stupid). So that that persona of a "dumb blond" she created so fine was never herself. I guess the same is valid also for Jane Russell, who was a devoted wife while playing a sexually concerned brunette Dorothy Shaw. Due to my embryonic knowledge of the history of Hollywood i can't say much more on this subject.
Another very interesting point is about the colors in this bright picture. Jane Russell changes her dresses 15 times, Marilyn Monroe 14 times during the movie. And what is also exiting, the colors of their dresses build up a rainbow: beginning with red, they move to the white through the orange (with black), yellow (with black and white), green, light blue (with white), dark blue and lilac, to the final white (in the scene of the wedding). Actually the white is a certain summary of the rainbow colors (at least i've heard of it at the physic lesson). The rainbow is mentioned in the song of Jane Russell "i'll be gloomy, but send that rainbow to me".
As to the "animal magnetism": we see the effect of Lorelei kisses upon her fiancé Gus. The boy (brilliantly played) simply formulates this in words. It's important thing to say that Lorelei is a name of Rhine Nymphe who has got supernatural power over the men. Some people call Lorelei a "man-trap" or "monster". Bytheway in the famous hit "Diamonds are a girls best friend" Lorelei mentions a "Rhine-stone", which is to be found in the legend of Lorelei (ask Brentano and Heine).
Yes, the number about Napoleon would be an another jewel.
As we see it's much more in this light musical comedy than one expects. So just watch it and you'll find out.
Another very interesting point is about the colors in this bright picture. Jane Russell changes her dresses 15 times, Marilyn Monroe 14 times during the movie. And what is also exiting, the colors of their dresses build up a rainbow: beginning with red, they move to the white through the orange (with black), yellow (with black and white), green, light blue (with white), dark blue and lilac, to the final white (in the scene of the wedding). Actually the white is a certain summary of the rainbow colors (at least i've heard of it at the physic lesson). The rainbow is mentioned in the song of Jane Russell "i'll be gloomy, but send that rainbow to me".
As to the "animal magnetism": we see the effect of Lorelei kisses upon her fiancé Gus. The boy (brilliantly played) simply formulates this in words. It's important thing to say that Lorelei is a name of Rhine Nymphe who has got supernatural power over the men. Some people call Lorelei a "man-trap" or "monster". Bytheway in the famous hit "Diamonds are a girls best friend" Lorelei mentions a "Rhine-stone", which is to be found in the legend of Lorelei (ask Brentano and Heine).
Yes, the number about Napoleon would be an another jewel.
As we see it's much more in this light musical comedy than one expects. So just watch it and you'll find out.
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