Grey Gardens1975
Both on Stella Mozgawa’s Top 10, both directed by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, and both starring Edith Bouvier Beale
Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Albert Maysles, David Maysles
The Beales of Grey Gardens
United States / English / 2006 / 1h 31m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №361
- Connections
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Synopsis
The 1976 cinema vérité classic GREY GARDENS, which captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale, has spawned everything from a midnight-movie cult following to a Broadway musical, to an upcoming Hollywood adaptation. The filmmakers then went back to their vaults of footage to create part two, THE BEALES OF GREY GARDENS, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary’s legions of fans, who have made them American counterculture icons.
