My Favourite Grey Gardens Moments

[hudstar2011]

FANTASTIC

[rwana15]

why is she bald ??

[MealyMouthedLeach]

@rwana15 Is she Jewish, already?

[twilliger123]

@MealyMouthedLeach No

[MealyMouthedLeach]

@twilliger123 Thanks for your response, however, could you re-respond and include the text of the comment I left which you responded to, as I am not able to easily find my original comment.

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Many thanks.

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[I think it is in the spare room but where exactly, I don't know and which spare room, too, that is another big wonderment.]

Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[MealyMouthedLeach]

@twilliger123 When are you going to post some video of your own, then?

[filthyxplasticxpop]

It's weird.. she kind of sounds Australian at some points..

[Steelemary3]

So is this woman on drugs?? Is that what this movie is about like a bald woman with no eyebrows on drugs? It would explain the behavior

[PLATO818]

@Steelemary3 little edie was an angel, her hair fell out, she was beautiful in her time. Life happened to her

[jennb752]

What exactly is she referring to here in the first part? I could never understand who she's speaking about. I agree with TIPTON340 "little" Edie's spirit was smothered by her domineering, overbearing mother. she ruined her daughter's life because she couldn't get over her own problems. So sad...

[fitnessmaniac5]

she was such a funny woman

[cryhm1]

does anybody know where to find the "material girl" music that plays at the beginning of this clip? anybody?

[notagainjez]

sorry but she sounds and acts off her rocker j/s

[nauort23]

What's all this talk of mental illness? They were living the way they chose to live. Period. THEY didn't invite the filmmakers or make millions off this. I'll take the Beales over the Kardashians any day. Now THAT is mental illness--AND deficiency. Do you think any of the Kardashians even know who Robert Frost is?

[TheLadyjazzy1]

Jackie use to whisper so she wouldn't give her ny accent away!! She sounds like little Edie in the new tapes that were just released! lol

[NexisFilms]

I have never seen a Youtube video with 125000+ views and 0 dislikes !

[skydvr38]

I didn't feel too sad. They were independent women living life the way they wanted, not as they should.

Love this film. The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville (the old 'Blob' Theatre' is having Grey Gardens afternoon in October. its goign to be a big event.

[harlem329]

Yay Little Edie (:-)

[ImaMerman]

love it

[MrKinghuman]

drew barrymore played her to a T. 

[abneg4t]

Where can I find full version of track 0:00 - 0:15? Looks like symphonic version of "material girl"

[Jembeth1]

I do believe they were both nuts!

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

I think they took the one less trodden sadly

[MPL029]

Eccentric usually mean mentaly ill!

[YourLoveLetter]

@MPL029 eccentric never means mentally ill wtf lol. Artists, musicians, philosophers etc are all eccentric. It means people who think differently from the ordinary, boring, simple minded people. The mom was clearly depressed, I think that was the only mental health issue.

[MPL029]

@YourLoveLetter I agree ..it doesnt mean mentally ill. as an actor myself I know many "eccentrics"..both famous and wannabes. My point was that when people are referred to as "eccentric" in articles etc..its usually a polite way of saying mental illness is at hand..thats all...

[jenniferashley99]

I miss meeting people who were wild with personality...now we all are so guarded..we blend in with eachother....RIP little edie

[emmastock1]

@jenniferashley99 - I completely agree, very often our true characters are beaten out of us by society, and we behave in a way deemed 'acceptable' just to please others. I always love meeting eccentric people, they make the world a far more colourful, three dimentional place.

[AngeliaClaire]

coo coo!

[bevoqueens]

she was just eccentric woman,and intelligent woman.

[katwagg]

I like Edie's version of The Road Less Traveled than Frost's

[katwagg]

@katwagg OOPS! Ment to say 'better than Frost's'

[marshhen]

People were so much more interesting before tv and the internet and the rest became everyone's best friend.

[jimmytiler]

The poem Edie cites about the two roses divergered...etc, does anyone know who wrote that?

[autoad]

@jimmytiler The name of the poem is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

[meyiyiyi55]

seemed very normal to me.i thought they were wonderful!

[rontenn]

Mom & daughter obviously loved each other but were under each other's feet & so now & again lost it!! They absolutely fascinated me!

[TheLadyjazzy1]

not crazy!!! funny and fun!! why are you watching this if you can't admire them??

[zeelove8]

There was no mental illness more then that isolation factor combined with many losses an there ability for high drama theatrics An walla!!! U have a case like this,, were two people to close to each-other become codependent an feed off each-other for all emotional attachment it's very unhealthy they had it all at one point,, how they ended up should make sence, there's a lot to this story,,

[lcowles]

If you get a chance, see the musical Grey Gardens based on the documentary. So beautiful and tragic. I saw it on Broadway cried like a baby!

[seanrm1]

This whole world is mentally ill-you want to make a value judgment on people brave enough to demonstrate thier psycholgical reality on film-just take a look at the insidious insanity of mainstream American culture and how influential it is. everyone has darkness in thier lives and is stuck in some way-it is a syndrome commonly known as the human condition. what does feel depressing and hopeless is the confident reductivism of people who want to posit themselves as 'normal'.

[MentalLandscaper]

@seanrm1 excellent

[seanrm1]

This whole world is mentally ill-you want to make a value judgment on people brave enough to demonstrate thier psycholgical reality on film-just take a look at the insidious insanity of mainstream American culture and how influential it is. everyone has darkness in thier lives and is stuck in some way-it is a syndrome commonly known as the human condition. what does feel depressing and hopeless is the confident reductivism of people who want to posit themselves as 'normal'.

[onemoreterm]

The difference between mental illness and perceived eccentricity, in this case, is pedigree. They probably would have received the help and support needed if not for their "name". Social services would have organised medical help. I cannot understand for the life of me, how the sons live with this on their conscience. I find it alarming that in America, mental illness goes undiagnosed and taken as some sort of cute idiosyncratic behaviour. Their expressions display indigent sadness.

[unterland]

@onemoreterm Who says they really wanted help? Nobody should be forced to get mental help, if he isn't hurting anyone else, I'm sure you'd agree. And I'm not so very sure that they were unhappy. Maybe they were just extremely unique people. Of course, there is no objective definition for mental illness, at any rate; it's all based on cultural norms. Which is not a bad thing, really; but if mental illness isn't causing a severe breakdown of a person's life (in his view), is he really ill?

[ger6111]

@unterland YES!! and ive yet to meet anyone...anyone who u sit and talk talk 2, and really get in there head, and they open up......just as "twisted" and the other..the idea were all the same, think the same, i think is "nuts"!

[roman10o1998]

I love their story and wished I had come across it earlier.

[hatsoff456]

they're just a couple of party bitches who were in denial of their reality. why even analyze these crappy people.

[ferociousgumby]

Living in a rotting house piled with pet food cans and not associating with anyone and dancing narcissistically like a 3-year-old isn't eccentricity. Have you ever heard the term "hebephrenic"? It's a kind of schizophrenia in which a person is very childlike and lives in their own world of fantasy and delusion. Little Edie fits the bill.

[stilltryan]

N-U-T-Z Sorry, kids. She (and her mother) was mentally ill. This goes way beyond eccentricity.

[traceymanzano]



i cried for edie all she ever wanted was to be able to blossom and grow! Her mother stunted her growth terribly! I also noticed that her mom projected all of her negative traits onto edie and never encouraging her to explore in order to keep her a hostage for herself! very sad

[TravisVidz]

She wasn't mentally ill whatsoever. She was extremely positive about the things she had to do, she had to be incredibly happy about things, or obsess over things so as not to cause stress. The disease called alopecia can kill if you become too stressful, it already caused her hair to fall out, why would she need more stress?

[ashleyw34m]

I found it upsetting when Edie was simply trying to quote the Frost poem correctly and her mother just kept picking at her, telling her she wasn't teaching them anything, etc ... I do love her 'dancing' on the front porch, singing - that is the essence of Grey Gardens, to me.

[Evilushka]

@ashleyw34m And you can understand her identification with that poem- she imagined the life she could have had without "Mother's" interference. Breaks my heart. And I agree about the dancing! x

[ashleyw34m]

@Evilushka Yes, exactly - those lines summed up her situation perfectly - pondering one path, taking the other, and that making all the difference - in her life. It was completely appropriate and applied to Edie's situation to a T.

[TheDamienZone]

She was not only intelligent and interesting, she had it all over her cousin jackie for natural borne style and class -- jackie was manufactured.

TheDamienZone

[gray70]

She was perpetually a little girl.

[sizemeat]

She was a nut bag. A squirrel's delight. But the world would be a much sadder place if we didn't have nut bags.

[frank47hammer]

Edie did have some poetry and writings, but I haven't found them yet. It would be  interesting reading, I think.

[tweetlebugzz]

Who says you can not be intelligent and mentally ill as well. Ever heard of Howard Hughes ?

I don't know why there is such a stigma about being mentally ill. It is a physical illness just like any other illness like heart disease allergies or poor eye site.

Mental illness does not mean you are dumb or unwilling to conform.

It is just a simple chemical imbalance in the brain. Nothing more.

[eisert4]

no- little eddie was not mentally ill. She was a woman bound by the love of her mother and the suffocating expectations of her. I am a woman that has always felt the tug between my duties as a daughter- and what I really wanted out of life. I confess I failed on the daughter part- but lived my life as I felt was right. Right or wrong. Anyone who has been touched by the Beales documentaries understands the pain and pressure of being the good daughter at all costs.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

Is it just me, or were people more insane back then XD

[narm67]

Great moments... thanks ! x

[cbrun67176]

If you are pooping in a spare room eating cat food trust me you are mentally ill.

[cannibalcarrie]

@cbrun67176 thank you

[cbrun67176]

Im sorry she did have some type of mental illness.Maybe bi polar

[cannibalcarrie]

@cbrun67176 do some research on personality disorders before you comment again

[TheLadyjazzy1]

they had more fun than the rich bitches that lived in their town!!! they didn't have to KEEP UP WITH THE JONES!!! no one to impress but themselves!! little edie outlived the millionare JACKIE O!!! MONEY AIN'T EVERYTHING!!!!

[deborahsuewho]

Thank you! Yes, these are some of the greatest bits.

[sezums]

You've picked all my fav moments!!! Lol

[KKfromTN]

I love these two beautiful women- they are very interesting and entertaining. I think they lived happily - and just floated through life- free from the constraints society tries to put upon people.

Maybe they did have a dirty home but they didn't seem to mind- and others should not judge least it should happen to you- it will you know!! -

[JohnsonzKid]

They're both really charming.

[lovesGenet]

Fun.You can see here how her mind is.Why didn't the sons do something.Can u imagine the rats and roaches.Anybody who can see a glimmer of vogue or glamour here is crazy too.This is what happens in many families The younger generation pretends to forget.This is a common American story.I know I worked in a retirement home for a while.Onassis didn't do much if theMaylses film was after the cleanup.Atrocious with da money he &Jackie spent.They didn't buy new furniture.This is shocking!

[warriormami]

I finally watched HBO's Grey Gardens & then I went looking for anything I could find on the original documentary. The movie was sad enough but watching the actual footage was even worse. Both of these women were clearly not in their right mind. I hope that they are resting in peace now.

[cbrun67176]

They both were mentally ill.When you give up life to live with your mommy then you have issues.When you let your house fall apart around you and have 200 cats you are mentally ill.

[JelloFarming]

I like Little Edie's creative headwraps, but why did she never consider wearing a wig?

[TheLadyjazzy1]

the old lady was so jealous of little edie!! said nice things about her when she wasn't around!! but that don'tcount now does it???

[susan987654]

So was Edy a compulsive hoarder, or did she just not like to polish?

[esprit15d]

more like a slob since they were used to having servants.

[atlast23]

I don't think she was mentally ill at all. Just an eccentric woman who appeared to be very intelligent.  She was beautiful and interesting. She was fun loving and a woman ahead of her times.

[LilWhiteHouseFilms]

@atlast23 Totally not a sickness at all, If you were living with your mother and barely got out or met anyone new, and all of a sudden a whole group of people want to film you, What would you do?

[tomthefunky]

They were absolutey mentally ill. The Maysles documentary showed the condition of the house after Jackie O had it cleaned up. If they filmed the conditions they lived in before the clean up, no one would be saying they were simple eccentrics. It was truly vile.

[deborahsuewho]

@atlast23 If she weren't in a movie and walking the streets of Bay Shore and living in a room and board, she would present as mentally ill. But is it not he truth that as long as everyone is safe, one is only as ill as one feels? Its an important question. Of course if she were out in the community, she would be harassed and bothered, which would change her quality of life and she'd soon be hospitalized, medicated and monitored. I know, because that was my job for years.

[cannibalcarrie]

@atlast23 really? you really dont believe she was mentally ill? you really think someone who lives in a house like that isn't missing a few crayons from their box?

[frank47hammer]

@atlast23 She was mentally ill, and she was highly intelligent. I find her more real and interesting than Jackie O

[tammiejo]

@frank47hammer

Do you think she had a real mental condition or was it just that she had gone off due to social isolation?

I know that she must have been a paranoid person even as a young woman, she moved into a hotel when living in New York out of her apartment because she was afraid...or paranoid...does sound a little like the early signs of schitzophrenia...

[frank47hammer]

@tammiejo I am not sure what the condition is, but she definitely had some type of mental illness. You may be right. She was a very intelligent woman and seemed fairly well connected to reality at times, except for her delusion that she was a dancer or actress. After her mother died she did much better on her own. She lived to be 84 and lived alone, wrote and swam every day in her final years. I find her more interesting and real than Jackie for some reason. JO was rather aloof.

[jsbach15]

@atlast23 No, she suffered from Schizophrenia.

[nymphima]

@atlast23 totally agree with you! I am amazed by her :)

[Goodiez83]

@atlast23 she sure was.

[deborahsuewho]

@atlast23 Under any other circumstances she would be labeled ill. Thats just the way it goes.

[725Mama]

@atlast23

Totally. I mean, if they'd kept their fortune, they'd have been on the tops of everybody's invite list.

[ericalita]

@725Mama ur right if they were rich they would have been eccentric. But since they were poor they were crazy.

[katiefetch]

@ericalita It is true though in any case, that they were mentally ill. It seems they could have fun at times and Little Edie loved playing to the cameras. The realities were that they lived in squalor, with little heat in the winter, and poor nutrition despite access to resources. They were unable to adequately, or even marginally care for their property (not a judgment, just a fact). If it was simply a matter of finances, why the filth? Overall a sad, riches to rags story.

[TIPTON340]

@atlast23 -- If she was off a little it would be from living in ruins with a demanding mother. She had no identity separate from her mother. Little Edie was a free spirit contained in small space.

[DIONYSES000AD]

Actually i think the witch is Jackie O, her ugly cousin.

[DIONYSES000AD]

She is coming from another paradigm completely, from another world/era .... she's not crazy. That's the point of Blanche Dubois isn't it?; brutal stupid world. She's actually quite wonderful, and so photogenic - how old is she here? 50+ something. amazing.

[1955rosebud]

Love the beales...just love them

[beverlyhillschic]

So sad. I think, she was mentally ill and no one cared..or even knew how to handle it then, sitting/livingg in your own filth could also mean depression, etc.

[esprit15d]

She wan't really mentally ill. Prior to their reclusion no one had ever seen any evidence of mental illness in either of them. They just went from being super rich (and pampered) to super poor and isolated--and isolation makes you...odd since you aren't doing what other ppl are doing. Plus, they couldnt really let go of the past. But they were harmless and a lot of fun, even if they neglected themselves.

[DIONYSES000AD]

why didnt she get herself a wig?

[tboy13084]

that wouldve been too easy...a scarf is far more chic dahling

[esprit15d]

She couldnt even afford food, how was she gonna get a wig

[TheLadyjazzy1]

why bother? she was a beauty!!

[bulled2theEyeballs]

It was sad how relatives even her sons left them in this condition untill they where made look bad in the public eye.

[JelloFarming]

I like when she talks about staunch characters and she suddenly has no eyebrows whatsoever, s-t-a-u-n-c-h

[kgroundcontrol]

BEST moments! Nive work!

[TearsOfRain141]

Two remarkable women that cut off from society and experience a satisfying, free, happy life, that most of us,prisoners of time and money probably won't expirience.

[jongreek]

Interesting POV, not sure I agree. Living in fllth and squalor for so many years, they both seem a bit insane. Amazing characters, though. I liked the recent film, now I ned to see the original doc.

[TheLadyjazzy1]

STAUNCH!!!  love it!!

[TheNovember1968]

I had just watched the grey gardens movie with jessics lange and drew barrymore, it was great very sad . the love they shared was tremendous, i love little edie so eccentric you know

[lowryfern]

She sort of abridged Frost's poem

[xchampbearx]

She forgot the 'road less travelled by' line, the poem doesn't make much sense without it!

[waitingtolive]

Congradulations, well done you picked the best moments x

[chuckinla]

YES! Edie will live forever! LOVE her!