#123: MAYSLES, Albert; MAYSLES, David; HOVDE, Ellen & MEYER, Muffie: Grey Gardens (1976) / #361: MAYSLES, Albert & MAYSLES, David: The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
GREY GARDENS [1976] / THE BEALES OF GREY GARDENS [2006] BOX SET [Spine #123 & Spine #361]
MAYSLES, Albert & David, HOVDE, Ellen and MEYER, Muffie (United States)
MAYSLES, Albert & David, HOVDE, Ellen and MEYER, Muffie (United States)
Grey Gardens [1976]
Spine #123
DVD/Blu-ray
DVD/Blu-ray
A true American original, legendary vérité documentarians Albert and David Maysles's Grey Gardens discovers an unexpected branch of Jackie Onassis's family: cousins Big and Little Edie Beale. High-society castaways keeping house in a dilapidated East Hampton mansion, this fiercely independent mother-and-daughter team live unapologetically idiosyncratic lives, and this now classic film captures them at once with empathy, fascination, and an overwhelming wistfulness.
94 minutes
Color
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006/2013
Directors
Albert Maysles was 50, David Maysles was 45, Ellen Hovde was 81 and Muffie Meyer was ? when they directed Grey Gardens.
The Film
Big and Little Edie. You can almost smell the cat piss. Well-made — and occasionally unintentionally humorous, but it gets old quickly. Hard to believe there’s a sequel (Spine #361) ...
The Extras
The Booklet
Six-page wraparound with an essay by critic Hilton Als.
Commentary
by directors Albert Maysles, Hovde, and Meyer; and associate producer Susan Froemke.
Introduction
The Booklet
Six-page wraparound with an essay by critic Hilton Als.
Commentary
by directors Albert Maysles, Hovde, and Meyer; and associate producer Susan Froemke.
Introduction
to The Beales of Grey Gardens by Maysles (see Spine #361).
Video interview 1
Excerpts from a 1976 recorded interview with Little Edie Beale, by Kathryn G. Graham, for Interview magazine.
Video interview 2
With fashion designers Todd Oldham and John Bartlett on the continuing influence of Grey Gardens.
Behind-the-scenes photographs
Excerpts from a 1976 recorded interview with Little Edie Beale, by Kathryn G. Graham, for Interview magazine.
Video interview 2
With fashion designers Todd Oldham and John Bartlett on the continuing influence of Grey Gardens.
Behind-the-scenes photographs
Trailers
Filmographies
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