Word: greyingly
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Occasionally someone will almost destroy his fragile credibility entirely by invoking well-known, and subtler, caricatures of the type he is supposed to represent. Hans, whom Eugene Buder plays with flaring nostrils and flirtatiously upturned eyes, is associated with Marlene Dietrich and Joel Grey, and although he holds his own well, they have held theirs better. Dimitri (Donald J. Campbell Jr.) resembles a wistful Zorba, but his blustery accent, unlike that of Nicholas (Gustavo B. Armagno) is not Greek and he wraps himself too earnestly in a philosophically tragical nature--especially for a Greek who yearns for a boat...
...premise that a diverse class is its ultimate aim. The group seems to be at a standstill presently, agreeing on the broad concepts and still too unaware of the admissions process to offer specific suggestions. As one committee member describes the situation, "We're just talking in shades of grey...
...seems farfetched, but this is a documentary. Grey Gardens, a new cinema vérité creation of the Maysles brothers (Gimme Shelter, Salesman), concerns the dilapidated lives of Edith Beale, 79, and her daughter Edie, 56. Both women live in East Hampton, Long Island, performing some dizzy charade out of The Madwoman of Chaillot. Grey Gardens, the crumbling house they inhabit, is overrun by raccoons, squirrels and other woodland creatures. The two women live mostly in one room, where the beds .are covered with cans of cat food, the floors ankle-deep in garbage. Occasionally a handyman named Jerry...
...Grey Gardens might also be called Edie's Complaint. Edie is afraid her mother will ask Jerry to move in. Edie does not think her mother is fair to her. She never gets to have any friends. Her mother chased away her only serious suitor years before...
...Beale and Edie are respectively the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Onassis, and so a certain notoriety has attached itself to their situation. The town fathers of East Hampton tried to have them evicted from Grey Gardens on the grounds-richly demonstrated in the film - that the house is a menace to health. The Beales fought a well-publicized battle and stayed, although this fight is not the subject of the film. It is difficult to ascertain what the subject of the film really is, or the reason it was made. The Maysles brothers have al ways been inveterate...