Artist's Statement: The Official 'Marilyn Monroe' [sic] Film

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Single Channel Video, Sound, 14 min 34 sec, 2009

Marilyn Monroe has been a muse for artists from Warhol to Dali. Creative license encourages the re-creation of moments that never were.

News outlets in 2008 covered a collector's claim that he had sold an FBI-classified "sex" film featuring legendary actress Marilyn Monroe.

A New York businessman allegedly purchased the 16mm film for $1.5 million and sequestered it in an effort to keep the film out of the public eye.

The film was revealed as a hoax, but the notion inspired Roseborough to construct a camp re-creation of this slice of historical fiction.

I strove to make the most family-friendly X-rated or most naughty G-rated film ever made, depending upon one's point of view. Art can fill in the blanks that history leaves.

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