March 19, 2007

recently netflixed.

The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton.

Mrs. Beale sings her favorite tunes & boils corn for everyone on a Sterno stove on her bed. Edie shows off her eccentric outfits & performs her famous Virginia Military Institute dance.

grey gardens, 1975


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1 Comments:

Blogger styleandpattern said...

when you visit me in michigan, i'll make us corn in bed. yum-o!

4:16 PM  

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