Watched the U.S.A. 's  2022 The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (1:41:32), a dramatized documentary based on 650 recorded interviews gathered by Anthony Summers, author of Goddess. In 1982 the District Attorney of Los Angeles reopened the case of the actress' death, 20 years after it happened. The tapes contain testimonies from a variety of sources, including Marilyn Monroe's co-actors, directors, agents, longtime friends, housekeeper, photographers, the family members of her psychiatrist, hairdressers, a lawyer, an ex-cop and private detective, a writer and a journalist, a law enforcement informant, a surveillance expert, and an FBI agent.

This is a more straightforward narrative and chronological unfolding of a story than the 2022 movie Blonde, which has multiple flashbacks, but there are scenes in both movies that, predictably, intersect, so that both movies fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. While both movies feature the men in Marilyn Monroe's life, this documentary makes reference to politics, the Mafia, and Communism. Blonde is more concerned with the life and dreams of the girl-woman Norma Jean; Mystery seeks to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death and clarifies, perhaps once and for all, why and how her life really ended. There is one shot in _Blonde_ that makes both movies unforgettable: that lap-dissolve of Marilyn in bed, with the phone off the hook, as she moves to lie on her side to simulate her position in death.

Both Blonde and The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes are 21st-century tributes to the most popular female star of the 20th century.