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Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.
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I want to see why people enjoy this film. I just see unchecked mental illness living in filth and eating ice cream exclusively. I'm glad they had rich relatives that afforded them the opportunity to be crazy in the wild instead of some state run home. Poor old lady sitting in her trash and urine soaked bed as well. I would be shocked if either of those 2 worked a single day in their life. She was never a model in Palm Springs. Probably hooked up with a guy at a Howard Johnson airport breakfast cafe bathroom from Palm Springs once and that is where she got it from.
I'm pretty sure the house didn't have power. I think the really story would be hearing about how the city had to step in with their cat issue. Can you imagine the filth those inspectors found?
I did enjoy when the lady was complaining that the free roof she got was asphalt shingles and not wooden. I also did enjoy when she talked about the imaginary chauffeur she use to have.
I'm pretty sure the house didn't have power. I think the really story would be hearing about how the city had to step in with their cat issue. Can you imagine the filth those inspectors found?
I did enjoy when the lady was complaining that the free roof she got was asphalt shingles and not wooden. I also did enjoy when she talked about the imaginary chauffeur she use to have.
The 75-year film focused on the relationship between mother and daughter and themselves, and this one focused more on their relationship with their surroundings, more showing their friends and even interacting with the director. It is further supplemented with content about swimming, Catholicism, costumes and constellations, and Mrs. Bell mentioned poetry.
Certainly the easiest way to put this is if you liked GREY GARDENS, you'll like this, and if you didn't, it's not going to change your mind. A pastiche of outtakes for those who love Edith and Edie, it's a mellower selection of clips which are all pretty captivating, thanks mostly to Edie's larger than life personality. I think I could listen to her talk and ramble on all day long. This is a less revealing and focused film than its predecessor, however... the scenes are shorter on average, focusing less on the odd family dynamic and history, and more on the amusing. Still, it's a treat for fans of the Beales.
7/10
7/10
I have watched this movie 5 times in the past month. I think I am a little obsessed with Edie Beale. She shows such joie de vivre in this film and is full of joy and wonder. The movie is wistful and at times bittersweet. I wish I could have known the Beales and visited them. They show such love and respect for each other. I also love Lois. This movie makes me nostalgic for the 1970s. I feel like I am in a time capsule. I actually prefer this movie to Grey Gardens; I felt that Edie's true personality, charm and joy was shown in a better light. Lois was also highlighted more. Love love love this movie. I will probably watch it a million more times. When I watch it, I feel like I am a friend visiting with them, passing the time and singing songs. It puts me at peace. Namaste.
If you ever wonder how loses look you should definitely watch this documentary which is actually a sequel on the same documentary re-ment 25 years earlier about the same sort of low-lives as the ones you get the sea in the movie which is pretty sad there is no evolution and stability remains down pointing to the lack of class and so we can definitely say that anybody liking this movie definitely proves that they don't have any dignity whatsoever and this is really bad is wrong with Western world and because of this Allah knows the great change needs to happen. There is no might no power then with Allah. Allahu Akbar!!
Did you know
- TriviaEarly in the film there is a conversation between Little Edie and the Maysles brothers in which they speculate on who might play the two Edies in a dramatized movie version of their lives. Little Edie says she doesn't want any actress to play her. Off screen, one of the Maysles brothers suggests Ethel Barrymore for the role of Big Edie. Ethel Barrymore was the great-aunt of actress 'Drew Barrymore', who ultimately played Little Edie in the 2009 dramatized movie Grey Gardens (2009).
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Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: I went to Mass up until the time I was 28 years old!
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: That's how she got so fat, not getting up on Sunday to go to Mass.
Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: Oh! What a whopper!
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: It keeps you very thin!
Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: I'm not going to church to keep thin! I'm going to go because I love the Lord!
- ConnectionsFollows Grey Gardens (1975)
- SoundtracksYou Oughta Be in Pictures
Music by Dana Suesse
Lyrics by Edward Heyman
Published by Warner Bros., Inc.
Performed by Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
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