Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend

Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend


Starring:Marilyn Monroe
Studio: Delta
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Examine Marilyn through an in-depth investigation of her private life. From her turbulent childhood...to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. This program lifts the veil of intrigue and depicts the essence of the legendary Norma Jean, who we grew to love as Marilyn Monroe.

B&W/Color
Running Time: 62 min.
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
  • Portrait of a bad VHS tape
 Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Starring: Marilyn Monroe
Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00006AUI6
Release Date: 2002-07-30

Description

Examine Marilyn through an in-depth investigation of her private life. From her turbulent childhood...to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. This program lifts the veil of intrigue and depicts the essence of the legendary Norma Jean, who we grew to love as Marilyn Monroe.

B&W/Color
Running Time: 62 min.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Portrait of a bad VHS tape.......2006-08-12

Alright..this is just a guess...but I think the dubious producers of this DVD managed to get a hold of a crappy fly-by-night VHS tape from back in the 80's (one with a few tracking problems I might add) and simply transferred it to DVD, flaws and all. Cheapo VHS tapes like this were legion back in the era of the Rubiks Cube and Pac-Man and should've stayed there.
For those unaware of such things, anyone and I mean ANYONE can grab a bunch of public domain footage of a celebrity, in this case Marilyn Monroe, and turn it into a documentary film provided you don't see any problem with repeating that same footage over and over again. There's nothing of much interest here outside of an interview with Robert Slatzer who comes across as genuinely regretful and subscribes to the "JFK killed MM" theory. Marilyn may not have survived her own demons but she'll certainly survive this shoddy product. Look elsewhere for a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.

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