Love, Marilyn (2012)

Directed by

Liz Garbus

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary presents Marilyn Monroe through her own writings, including poems, notes, and letters. It offers a direct look at her thoughts and feelings beyond her public image.

intimatereflectivepoignantcontemplativepersonaltenderhonest

What happens

Love, Marilyn is a 2012 American documentary film about American actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe's writings directed by Liz Garbus and produced by Stanley F. Buchthal, Garbus, and Amy Hobby. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2012 and is based on the 2010 non-fiction book Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters, edited by Buchthal and Bernard Comment. The production firms that produced the film included the Diamond Girl production company, Sol's Luncheonette Production and the French-based StudioCanal production company, whose parent company (Canal+ Group) owns the third-largest film library in the world. The film was initially slated to be named Fragments, but was later changed to Love, Marilyn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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