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Bookmark this pageGrey Gardens (1975)
Director: David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
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From Time Out Film Guide
America's obsession with Jackie Kennedy-Onassis-who-next is overwhelming, and presumably the reason for the success there of this documentary about two of her family who live in isolated squalor on Long Island; a film that is voyeuristic in the extreme, extending no warmth to the bizarre mother and daughter as they battle out their lives together, but choosing instead to film them in the most offensive of ways. Like the shots of 'Little' Edith Bouvier Beale, a large 56-year-old, taken from below as she climbs upstairs in a miniskirt, rambling to herself; or 'Big' Edith, the demanding 79-year-old mother, with her towel falling off her withered, naked body. As Big Edie sings and Little Edie dances, both adoring the transient attentions of the film crew, you can only wonder what happened once the party was over.Author: HM
Cast & crew
Director: David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Producer: David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith B Beale Jr, Jerry Torre, Lois Wright full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 95 mins
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