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Grey Gardens

1975

Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles ...

Documentary

7.4

1,209

Documentary Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by the direction/cinematography/editing team of Albert and David Maysles, Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of two women who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit 28-room mansion at 3 West End Avenue in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the most haunting documentaries in a long time (...) It's hard not to find these two odd women likable (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"An era and its myths seem to be dying on-screen in real time"	POS
United Kingdom	John Patterson The Guardian	"An audience necessitates a performance, and what performances we get."	POS

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