"Grey Gardens", 1975 - American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles (Full film)

FULL FILM - GREY GARDENS
Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, 1975, 94 min
Film Synopsis
GREY GARDENS is the unbelievable but true story of
Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, the
aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Mother and daughter live in a world of their own
behind the towering privets that surround their
decaying 28-room East Hampton mansion known as
"Grey Gardens," a place so far gone that the local
authorities once threatened to evict them for violating
building and sanitation codes. The incident made national
headlines -- American royalty, living in squalor! For the
Beales were nothing short of the upper crust. Mrs. Beale,
a.k.a. "Big Edie," was a born aristocrat, sister of "Black Jack"
Bouvier, Jackie O's father. "Little Edie" was an aspiring
actress of striking beauty who put her New York life on
hold to care for her mother - and never left her side again.
Together they descended into a strange life of dependence
and eccentricity that no one had ever shared until the
Maysles arrived with their camera and tape recorder.
The Beales were ready for their close-ups. Little Edie --
a still-attractive woman at 56 -- parades about
coquettishly in her trademark improvised turbans
(her wildly original ensembles inspired a 9-page fashion
spread in a 1998 issue of Harper's Bazaar and a 1999
issue of Italian Vogue), reminisces about her brilliant past,
still hoping that her Big Chance and Big Romance are
just around the corner. Big Edie, trained soprano in her
bohemian days, trills romantic songs of yesteryear in a
slightly wobbly, but still rich voice. The women bicker,
prattle, and flirt like characters out of Tennessee Williams
or Eugene O'Neill. The film is a bittersweet love story,
a record of the powerful and complex relationship
between mother and daughter.
(text by Marjorie Sweeney)

[@myfitnesslifestyle]

An absolute drama and tragedy. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane meets Sunset Boulevard.

[@Rebecca-nw2jj]

I love this film.

[@symbolism437]

I don't know why I wanted to give myself a migraine. I've been wanting to see this for a long time. 😢 it was A LOT to process.

[@gullybeats2094]

Wow , what a story of entitlement

[@anndrake492]

wow. Hypnotic film about totally trivial people.

[@sazziestar202]

So entitled that they had no idea how to look after their home and they lived like pigs as a result

[@SQP-bf4yg]

I don’t think it was anything to do with them “Having no idea how to look after their home” Their relationship was a very Co-dependant relationship, they both had poor mental health and faced rejection off of people they loved and trusted. They both had their own aspirations for their life and they didn’t achieve them.. they had a lot of sadness in their life.

[@mrminer071166]

Absolutely hallucinatory. Am I watching . .. a John Waters film? A Glass menagerie? The Bizarro Kennedys?

[@mrminer071166]

iss Havisha fro Great expectatios!

[@lizannestinson1765]

So entitled, they live in filth!

[@thomasnorman4221]

People will say we're in love..

[@msannthrope1863]

The first kardashians

[@sharitahenson4105]

Right !!!!

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

Why would you compare OLD MONEY, EDUCATED women with those creatures?

[@msannthrope1863]

@@Armistead_MacSkye It was a little tongue-in-cheek. A joke, if you will. Calm down.

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

@@msannthrope1863 Sweaty, I'm calm. And, it wasn't "tongue-in-cheek," and it wasn't funny. Read a book.

[@msannthrope1863]

@@Armistead_MacSkye “sweaty”? Sweetie, 🖕🏻Who TF are you to tell me what I was thinking when I said that? You’re so arrogant. Get over yourself.

[@ms6yo]

Were they eating cat food?😧

[@JerseyFlyGirl]

I thought they said it was pate’.

[@thomasnorman4221]

Are they performing for camera

[@thomasnorman4221]

Don't please my folks to much..

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

*Too

[@jennodine]

What ever became of these women?

[@MarusiaPhillips]

Little Edie stayed with her mom till she died in the house. After Big Edie's death Grey Gardens was sold and little Edie spent the remainder of her life in Florida

[@mindym5579]

If you enjoyed this, I highly suggest you watch "That Summer" 🤗

[@jennodine]

@@mindym5579 I found them strangely intriguing.