The Maysles spent close to $50,000 on film and equipment before they went back to visit the Beales with their new proposal a year later. There are rumors that she plans to release the footage sometime in the future. She, however, confiscated the initial footage of the Beales (reportedly over one and a half hours) and it has yet to see the light of day. As such, the Bouvier family documentary was quickly scrapped, much to the dismay of Lee. The brothers agreed to make the film they shot footage over two weeks and immediately came to a startling realization: the charming and eccentric Beales would make much better film subjects than Jackie and Lee. Their family, of course, included their eccentric aunt and cousin in East Hampton. Impressed with their work, the Maysles were approached by Lee Radziwill and her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, about doing a documentary about their lives growing up in the Bouvier family. The making of Grey Gardens actually came about by accident. It is said to rely on an agreement among the filmmaker, subjects, and audience to act as if the presence of the camera does not (substantially) alter the recorded event. Direct cinema is a documentary film genre characterized initially by a desire to directly capture reality and represent it truthfully, and to question the relationship of reality with cinema. A classic in the “direct cinema” genre, which brothers David and Albert Maysles pioneered through such films as Salesman (1968) and Gimme Shelter (1970), Grey Gardens is the story of “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter “Little Edie” and the overgrown, crumbling East Hampton mansion they shared for decades with assorted cats, fleas, and raccoons. It has been honored at the Edinburgh, Cannes, and New York film festivals. The International Documentary Association (IDA) ranks Grey Gardens as number nine among the top documentaries of all time. Producer The Maysles Brothers, and Portrait Films, Inc.Editors Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke.
Directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer.Pulled from the Grey Gardens Archives.“To my mother and me, Grey Gardens is a breakthrough to something beautiful and precious called life.” Grey Gardens is truly a passion project, and what began in 2007 as a small collection of vintage fabrics, home decor, and one-of-a-kind jewelry has evolved today into a luxury lifestyle brand that she hopes to pass along to her children and beyond.Ībove: Little Edie looking absolutely terrific in front of Grey Gardens, circa 1940. World traveler and collector, Eva combines her love for Little Edie’s eclectic style with her own fabulous design sense and talent for treasure hunting at flea markets all over the world. Her book, Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures, provides a glimpse into the intimate and enchanting world of Edith Bouvier Beale, a privilege that until recently, few others have had. As she entered society, she had her debut at the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York in 1936, attended glamorous parties, modeled haute couture fashion, and was escorted by world renowned beaux. Little Edie's ability to express herself so purely and playfully is what the world has responded to, and is what continues to inspire our brand.Įva Marie Beale, family member and founder of Grey Gardens, has combed through family photographs, diaries, letters and poetry of Little Edie. Growing up in a large house in East Hampton just around the corner from the beach gave her easy access to swimming in the ocean and spending time outdoors during the warm weather. Known in town as, "Body Beautiful Beale," Little Edie was also very athletic. Little Edie was a gorgeous and accomplished young woman with a wonderful sense of style and creativity. Less is known about Little Edie's earlier days, when, as the eldest daughter of the Beale family, her beauty, self confidence and charm established her as the "IT" girl of East Hampton and New York during the 1930s and 40s. The film focuses on her life during her later years, when she had returned to care for and live with her mother at Grey Gardens, the family's decaying East Hampton estate. Most people know Edith Bouvier Beale as "Little Edie" through the 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens, by Albert and David Maysles.
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