LOVE, MARILYN - Official UK Trailer - A Documentary That Looks Into Her Personal Diary
Marilyn Monroe’s legend survives precisely because the reality of the woman so easily slips through our fingers. She’s not a person, but a repository for our desires and fears around sexuality and celebrity. That’s a double-edged sword with regard to her legacy: She remains relevant sixty years after her death because of that blank-slate quality, but it would be nice if we could approach her, at least once, as a human being rather than an inevitable tragedy of sex and death. Love, Marilyn isn’t a biopic, but a documentary using archival footage and famous voices (Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Zoe Saldana, etc.) to recreate Marilyn’s own words, with special emphasis on a trove of poems, diaries, and letters that had only just been discovered. It’s just about as close as you’ll get to hearing the actress speak for herself.
Where to stream: Digital rental
