Dear Grey Gardens

Oh my dear Grey Gardens, maybe one day I can visit you. For the meantime, I will continue looking at every house that you resemble and compliment them by calling them by your name.

 

How many time did Grey Gardens, the 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles played in the background on the tv in my home? Probably too many, but how can we get enough. That is why back in April 2009, when the new HBO Grey Gardens movie by Michael Sucsy starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange as Big and Little Eddie Bouvier Beale came out I was ecstatic. I surely had high expectations and the movie did not disappoint!

If you are not familiar with Miss Edith Bouvier Beale "Little Edie" and her dear mother Edith Bouvier Beale "Big Edie" (cousin and aunt of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis), I would suggest to watch the HBO movie ASAP. You will witness the complex story that surrounded this high society family, victim of a massive downfall, and  the twisted relationship between a recluse mother and daughter.