Andrew Dominik on ‘Blonde’ reaction: “I’m really pleased that it outraged so many people”

“I was expecting critical success and that no-one would see the film.

Blonde’ was the opposite.”Australian director Andrew Dominik has responded to the reaction to his Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, saying that he’s “really pleased that it outraged so many people.”Speaking at an in-conversation at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, Dominik said, “Criticism only hurts if you agree with it, and I didn’t really agree with any of it.

I was expecting critical success and that no-one would see the film; Blonde was kind of the opposite.

In America, they hated the movie.

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