Selfie with Marilyn in Spanish under 5 mins

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Selfie with Marilyn centres on an older Marilyn talking to her younger self – Norma Jeane, through the perceptive and evocative writing of poet Heidi Seaborn. In the poetry film Marilyn (and Norma Jeane) are played by artist Hatti Rees, who is known for creating numerous online personas and alien creatures. She rehearses playing bittersweet Marilyn – learning the lines of the poem as a selfie, and getting the ‘right take’. The film is a dual, or quote within quotes exercise in representation and identity creation. Hatti attempts to emulate Marilyn, but we also see the pathos and vulnerability of a Marilyn who also has to rehearse and work at being the icon ‘Marilyn’ that the public demands.

This poetry film was produced by The Visible Poetry Project, New York for the April 2020 poetry month project. Film-makers are selected who then choose a poem and poet to work with, to create a poetry film. Visible Poetry then upload one a day during April.

I am very grateful to the organizers for giving me the opportunity to make this film; to be able to link up Heidi's memorable writing in the poem 'Snapping a Selfie' with Hatti's gift for taking on personas. Sarah x

Poet: Heidi Seaborn

Director: Sarah Tremlett

Marilyn/Norma Jeane: Hatti Rees

Editor: James Symonds

Music: 'Melancholy Trumpet' by spinningmerkaba featuring Javolenus

Norma Jeane stills: Georgi Rees

Norma Jeane stills based on an early photo shoot with Andre de Dienes and Norma Jeane Dougherty.

SELECTED FOR

ZEBRA POETRY FILM FESTIVAL, Berlin, 2020

FOTOGENIA, Mexico City 2020

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