i only saw this recently but have be aware of it for a number of year and have always be intrigue by it title . it now belong to me a one of my very favourite film . it be hard to describe the incredible subject matter the maysles discover but everything in it work wonderfully . it have so many memorable image and moment where you feel you be encroach on a very private world . i fell in love with this film and with the character in it . it be a though the filmmaker have cast a spell of the audience and draw u into the strange world of the eccentric beales and a true aristocratic family . it have a tangible atmosphere and i find myself wish i could be there away from it all and cook my corn on the cob at my bedside table . it have an air of sadness that permeate throughout . a fall from greatness for this once esteem family . the money have go but their air and grace remain and as well a their beauty . it draw me in from the first frame and long after the film finish i find myself wonder about their fate . wonder that if i take a walk along east hampton beach i might still hear old edie voice in the night and see the silhouette of little edie dancing in the window behind the thick hanging creeper . unforgettable .