51 minutes of photos that'll wreck you—Monroe like you've never seen her.
Survey Marilyn Monroe’s life through photographs, from Hollywood stills to candid pictures snapped on the streets of New York.
Direction
Levin lets photos breathe—no rush, just revelation.
Writing
Steinem and Mailer clash brilliantly on who Monroe was.
Production
Eve Arnold's unseen candids steal the entire show.
Director
Gail Levin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eve Arnold was the only female photographer in Magnum Photos when she shot Monroe; their 1955 friendship produced some of cinema's most humanizing star photography.
Hugh Hefner's appearance here is deeply uncomfortable—he literally bought the crypt next to hers, and the film lets that hang unexamined.
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