The beauty of imperfection

Marilyn Monroe lookalikes blow out the candles on a birthday cake while celebrating the 75th birthday of the 1950s movie star and sex symbol in a downtown Toronto record store June 1, 2001. /REUTERS

I love old movies, especially the motion pictures from the 1950’s and 60’s. There is always a sense of nostalgia and melancholy, which seems to be extinct in 21st century filmmaking. I guess in the modern world, we have this constant quest for perfection, and something old school is simply unacceptable. 

I was recently plagued by jetlag in a hotel room, while attending conference in the other side of the globe. I was half awake but completely hypnotized by the black and white movie, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe. Although I have not watched many of her movies, it was not difficult to imagine why this woman is a sex symbol, even after her death at the age of 36. She was simply stunning!