A tasteful done documentary despite the subject matter for fans or just the curious Hollywood aficionados.
Sex, drugs, politics, Hollywood, conspiracy theories - Marilyn Monroe's life and the aftermath of her death is surely still one of the juiciest and most tragic celeb stories ever. Anthony Summers is surrounded by file boxes full of papers and cassettes, all the source material for his book, Goddess: 1,000 interviews, 650 of them on tape. It took him years to write it. With the weight of his notable journalistic integrity behind him, Summers says the circumstances surrounding Monroe's death - in 1962 at age 36, from an overdose of sleeping pills, with a big question mark as to whether it was intentional or accidental - have been covered up.
What annoyed me was using actors who mouthed the words of people on the tapes close to the situation that are no longer with us. It would have been much more effective if the creator just used pictures of them instead of actors.
Sex, drugs, politics, Hollywood, conspiracy theories - Marilyn Monroe's life and the aftermath of her death is surely still one of the juiciest and most tragic celeb stories ever. Anthony Summers is surrounded by file boxes full of papers and cassettes, all the source material for his book, Goddess: 1,000 interviews, 650 of them on tape. It took him years to write it. With the weight of his notable journalistic integrity behind him, Summers says the circumstances surrounding Monroe's death - in 1962 at age 36, from an overdose of sleeping pills, with a big question mark as to whether it was intentional or accidental - have been covered up.
What annoyed me was using actors who mouthed the words of people on the tapes close to the situation that are no longer with us. It would have been much more effective if the creator just used pictures of them instead of actors.