Directed by Nicolas Roeg
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
If you wanted to know how Marilyn Monroe would explain the theory of relativity to Albert Einstein, well this is your movie. Most of it takes place in a New York City hotel room where Einstein is staying on the night before he is supposed to testify before Congress. Marilyn drops in uninvited, also in town for movie shoot, because he was "first on her list to sleep with." Albert manages to brush off her attempted seduction, luckily for him since her brutish husband Joe DiMaggio shows up as well. There are no real characters here, just paper mache cut outs of famous personalities, thrown together in an incredible coincidence that results in a movie that feels more like a gimmick.
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