Apr 09
Recently I watched Grey Gardens. It’s a disturbing, yet fascinating, documentary about “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and her daughter, “Little Edie”. These relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis live in their dilapidated mansion named Grey Gardens. The documentary was filmed in 1975 and it shows the two women living in appalling conditions, fighting over things that …
Feb 04
A few months ago we received a couple of movie passes. It was a really nice gift as Erroll and I are too thrifty to go to movies. “We’ll just wait for the DVD.” Even then we don’t rent it, we get it for free from the library. But here was a chance to go …
Jan 09
The “Up” series started in 1964. 14 British children from different backgrounds were interviewed for a documentary. The children were all seven years old. Every seven years the same individuals are interviewed. The most recent version of the series is 49 Up which was filmed in 2005. As the name suggests those children are children …
