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Maggie Gyllenhaal's Short Film Celebrates Marilyn Monroe at 100

Updated 2026-09-05 16:10 UTC 2 sources Positive

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal directed a short film, 'Flesh Impact,' to commemorate Marilyn Monroe’s centennial. The project explores Monroe through the lens of three iconic figures: Dakota Johnson and Ellen Burstyn.

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Variety
Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 this year. So when Maggie Gyllenhaal was approached to make a movie about her, she asked for a weekend to daydream about what that milestone might look like. What came back was “Flesh Impact,” a 17-minute short that hands the most consumed movie star of the 20th
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