Certainly the Maysles are interested in recording the Beales' very real life -- the ruined house crawling with cats and fleas, the paper bird in the rusty gilded cage, the mother and daughter quarreling -- but those are the film's most superficial elements. What draws the viewer in are the stories around what we cannot see: Miss Beale lamenting the loss of a scarf. The suitors turned away. Mrs. Beale's infatuation with a man whose minor musical talent is better remembered than heard. Money spent. The dream of New York on summer nights filled with jackhammers and the moon. Regrets and recriminations: the language of lovers, the fabric of family life.
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22/03/2005
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missed ya at the showing, where are them words from?
Posted by: azaka | 23/03/2005 at 01:45
yeah I got caught up w m' boy ... gettin' ready for FriDAY NITE!!!
text from me, reading of the film ...
Posted by: eau | 23/03/2005 at 10:28