grey garden be a world unto itself . edith and little edie live in near total isolation and eat ice cream and liver pate in a makeshift kitchen in their ( apparently ) share bedroom . cat loll about while mother edith insult her daughter elocution . this be a tennessee williams play come to life and should inspire screenwriter and playwright and a the bizarre and overlap dialogue be 100 % real . the situation in the house remind me exactly of how my grandmother and her 50 ish daughter live for a decade ( other than that they be poor and clean ) . they would bicker all day and grandmother talk about her gloriously perfect past while her daughter continually blame her for missed opportunity with men and work and and self expression . this film be a must see for anyone write a mother or daughter relationship of this kind . it be sad and voyeuristic and but the filmmaker do an amazing job get the edies comfortable enough to expose themselves so recklessly . it be rare to see true life this way and all the more special consider the context remnant of a powerful family fade into nothingness in the skeleton of their own mansion .