Underplayed Gems

The Real Blonde (1997)

The Real Blonde poster
Directed by
Tom DiCillo
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 69 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of people struggling in New York's fashion and entertainment worlds chase success and question what is real. The story follows an actor who resists commercial work and a model who is pressured to dye her hair.

satiricallightheartedobservationalquirkyslightly cynicalwryuneven

What happens

The Real Blonde is a 1997 American film directed and written by Tom DiCillo, and starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener and Maxwell Caulfield. It is a satire of New York's fashion and entertainment industries, exploring themes of authenticity and ambition. It was DiCillo's first major high-budget film, costing $10 million to make and being distributed by Paramount Pictures. However, the film only received a limited release and recouped just 0.83% of its budget at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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