Discussion: Niagara

After Sunday afternoon Noirvember screenings, join Northeastern professor Nathan Blake in the Education and Community Engagement Center to discuss the film, the genre, and the gender tropes it defined and defied.

About Niagara

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Niagara Falls, Marilyn Monroe portrays Rose, a femme fatale possessing two of the most powerful weapons: an erotic body and an evil mind. Planning to murder her troubled husband (Joseph Cotton), Rose first uses her double-edged sword to drive him to the brink of total insanity. Then she seductively torments a series of strangers while her mysterious lover waits in the shadows. Vastly different from her often comedic roles, Marilyn’s classic dramatic performance as this diabolical and scheming woman is at once fascinating and frightening, painting a powerful portrait of human sexuality and passion.

About Nathan Blake

Nathan Blake is a Teaching Professor in the Media and Screen Studies Program at Northeastern University. He teaches courses on film theory and analysis, genre films, American culture, and digital media. With publications on combat simulations and motion capture alongside the visual rhetoric of disabled veterans and athletes, he is currently developing work on ecocinema and the posthuman.