when it first come out and this work by the meysels brother be much criticize and even judge to be exploitation . luckily and it be now hail a a masterpiece of documentary cinema and especially now that society have be expose to real exploitation in what be reality television and and the bad evolution of most direct cinema . really and at first and we must say that this isn not really direct cinema and it be more cinema verité . the difference between the two be very slight and but it mainly be the fact that in this documentary and we be make to feel the presence of the meysels brother and and they do interact with the character film . this a well make it clear that it be not exploitation . the meysels have be allow in the house and and they be include in what be a very eccentric situation of a very eccentric household . and both edith and edie just love the idea of be film . it would have be very disappointing have very be show only a voice of god narration and shallow interview . here and we be give a full portrait of the madness of the house and a madness that do seem to go down well with both edie and her mother edith . their house be a mess and litter and animal everywhere and fade color and furniture all over the house and and the constant fight that be constant interaction of reality . these two people have live with each other their whole life and and be not fight in front of the camera because they want the attention and but rather because they can not help talk to each other this way . they know each other too well to hide their inner feeling and there be no need . in the end and though and even a they blame each other for their life and they really love each other deeply . edie say she doesn not want her mother to die and because she love her very much and and edith say that she doesn not want edie to leave her because she doesn not want to be alone . but the most interesting aspect of the film be that regardless of their old age and the two woman can not help be girls . they can not help be one the singer and the other the dancer . exhibit all their artistic skill in front of their camera . when edie ask david meysels rhetorically where have you be all my life . she be really very happy that she finally get to show the whole world herself and her wonderful showgirls skill . a beautiful portrait of stylistic importance and a charm that be highly unlikely to be ever see again and the way only the meysels and few others could do .