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grey gardens
one of the strangest and subtlest films ever made the maysles brothers 1975 documentary grey gardens today boasts as devoted a following as one flew over the cuckoos nest or harold and maude . shot at grey gardens the dilapidated east hamptons mansion of big edie and little edie beale aunt and cousin to jackie onassis this classic of cinema verite tracks the beales eccentric and sequestered lives which consist mostly of doing nothing but with a mesmerizing zest and volubility . little edies magical aphorisms raccoons and cats become a little bit boring she sighs towards the end of the film i mean for too long a time are gems of unwitting camp and between her observations her costumes the incredibly bizarre mother daughter tensions the cats raccoons and the beautiful ruins of grey gardens itself doing nothing amounts to everything ; indeed it amounts to a tragicomedy of enormous emotional punch . br this eclectic volume offers a myriad of collaged illustrations photographs film stills production notes and other archival materials alongside transcripts of the beales own stories and conversations edited from unreleased grey gardens sound recordings . structured to mirror the maysles own approach to the world of the beales it closely resembles the enchanting clutter of the mansion a self contained world littered with mementos and telling ephemera . it also reproduces unpublished photographs by both albert and david maysles . with an introduction by albert maysles drawings and illustrations by alberts daughter rebekah maysles and an appendix with the full transcript of grey gardens as well as an audio cd of sound recordings capturing the beales at their best this book is the essential companion to the film and a beautiful testimony to its legacy . the 60 minute cd that comes with the book contains conversations with the beales and their friends songs and poetry recited by the two edies and audio of the beales during and after watching the film for the first time .
hardcover free news projects 2009 isbn13 9780977652365 isbn10 097765236x
abridged n isbn 13 9780977652365 number in series 1 number of pages 200 publisher distributed art pub inc release date 62135769600000