maysles blooper reel & nostalgia
the current entertainment weekly
has a review of "the beales of gray gardens"
a new release of footage shot
during the making of gray gardens,
one of the all-time greatest documentaries ever made.
it is about two former-socialite sisters living like hermits
in their crumbling mansion, a la miss havisham
the review makes the extra footage sound
tempting, not dull, so i'll try to get my best friend
to put it on her netflix cue, which makes me a little sad.
you see, back in the good old days of
the media studies documentary film series,
when we had a budget and a big screen,
my best friend was the brains of the operation,
scrawling all the best documentaries in crayon
on the back of a blue benn placemat,
and i was the brawn, ordering the movies,
putting together fliers, and
running the sunday night screenings.
now that there isn't a crowd of college kids
to do the footwork for, i am a little lost.
my best friend is still the brains,
but my part of the show has been reduced to
timid suggestions, delivering and picking up
red envelopes from the mail box,
and watching watching watching.
posted by self_invasion | 5:00 PM
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