Will any of today’s stars (Beyoncé, say, or Harry Styles) be so cherished 70 years from now? Will anyone, in fact, ever be as famous as Elvis and Marilyn again?
But the standout fact about both is that they were made-almost 70 years after Marilyn sang “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend" and Elvis recorded his first track. “Blonde" includes shots from the point of view of Marilyn’s cervix. “ Elvis" is all shook up by split-screen antics and a flashback narration by Colonel Tom Parker, the King’s mountebank manager, played by Tom Hanks. Wildly different in tone, these movies are alike in their gimmicky ambition. The quiff and swivelling hips stand for Elvis, celebrated by Baz Luhrmann in his latest film. Red lips and that beauty spot mean Marilyn, as does the dress billowing above the subway grate that is the opening image in “Blonde", a punishing vision of her story out on Netflix on September 28th. Neither really needs a name at all: poses and disembodied features are enough to evoke their legends.
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