‘The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes’ Netflix documentary review

I recently watched the new documentary on Netflix titled “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes” and I was a little disappointed. I am a bit of a history buff and love old Hollywood. I feel this documentary did not present any new information about her life and death.

The documentary is centered around Anthony Summers’ interviews and theories from his book “Goddess” which was published in 1985. He began researching Marilyn Monroe when he learned that the Los Angeles County District Attorney was reopening the case of her death in 1962.

There have been many conspiracy theories surrounding her death involving John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and the mob. The documentary touches on these conspiracy theories but does not present new or unknown information about them.

The official cause of Marilyn’s death is barbiturate overdose, and was found dead in her home around 3:00 a.m. However, Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

One interesting conspiracy theory is that from photos of the scene, you see officers pointing to the pill bottles; but there is no glass of water seen by Marilyn’s bed. Which makes people wonder how she took a high number of pills with what seems like nothing to drink. I was surprised this theory was not brought up in the documentary.

Interview subjects featured in the documentary included Film Director John Huston, Jane Russell who co-starred with Monroe in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” family members of Ralph Greenson, who was Marilyn’s psychiatrist, and more.

It was interesting to hear what some of the people interviewed thought of Marilyn, memories they shared with her, and details she allegedly shared with them.

Overall, I enjoyed the documentary, but I wish there was new information. There are already documentaries and books that cover a lot of the information covered in this documentary. However, for someone who might not know a lot about Marilyn Monroe’s life and death, I would recommend this documentary.

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