Photo by Milton Greene. 1953
Liz Garbus’s documentary, Love, Marilyn, will receive its UK premiere in London’s Leicester Square on October 14 (with another screening a day later), as part of the BFI London Film Festival. Tickets can be booked from September 24.
Love, Marilyn was reviewed by Scott Feinberg of the Hollywood Reporter yesterday, and he thinks it might be worthy of an Oscar nomination.
“One never knows what the Academy’s documentary branch will nominate for the best documentary under its bizarre system. But, as someone who is a passionate student of film history and knows a fair bit about Monroe, having interviewed many people who worked with her — among them Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Eli Wallach (The Misfits), Don Murray (Bus Stop), Nehemiah Persoff (Some Like It Hot), and Celeste Holm (All About Eve) — you can take my word for it: Love, Marilyn made me appreciate the tragedy of her death more than anything else I’ve ever come across, and it deserves to be seen and recognized.”
