That Summer

Name: That Summer
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 18, 2018
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Andy Warhol, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale, Lee Radziwill, Paul Morrissey

2018

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NR	Sundance Selects \| Release Date: May 18, 2018

Starring: Andy Warhol, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale, Lee Radziwill, Paul Morrissey, Peter Beard, William Vanden Heuvel

Summary: Welcome to Grey Gardens…as you’ve never seen it before. Three years before the Maysles’ landmark documentary introduced the world to Edith and Edie Beale—the unforgettable mother-daughter (and Jackie O. relatives) living in a decaying dream world on Long Island—renowned photographer Peter Beard chronicled life at their crumbling estateWelcome to Grey Gardens…as you’ve never seen it before. Three years before the Maysles’ landmark documentary introduced the world to Edith and Edie Beale—the unforgettable mother-daughter (and Jackie O. relatives) living in a decaying dream world on Long Island—renowned photographer Peter Beard chronicled life at their crumbling estate during one summer in 1972. For the first time ever, director Göran Olsson assembles this long-lost footage—featuring glimpses of luminaries like Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Truman Capote—into a one-of-a-kind family portrait bursting with the loving squabbles, quotable bon mots, and impromptu musical numbers that would make Big and Little Edie beloved cultural icons.… Expand

Director: Göran Olsson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: NR

Runtime: 80 min

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IndieWire - Jude Dry

May 18, 2018

If the deliciously grainy archival footage were the only thing That Summer had to offer, it would be enough. But by including Beard and Radziwill’s introspective voiceovers, Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson (“The Black Power Mixtape”) creates a nostalgic meditation that touches on both cultural and historical memory. Read full review

Variety - Jay Weissberg

Apr 5, 2018

Almost exclusively composed of 16mm footage shot in 1972 and lost until now, Göran Hugo Olsson’s fascinating documentary recounts the summer when Lee Radziwill and photographer Peter Beard decided to record Radziwill’s reclusive aunt and first cousin, hiring the Maysles and shooting in and around Grey Gardens while workers fixed the place up. Read full review

TheWrap - Dan Callahan

May 15, 2018

Once the film turns itself over to the footage of Big Edie and Little Edie Beale, this movie comes into its own as a fascinating companion piece and prequel to the Maysles Brothers film. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Eric Henderson

May 17, 2018

The makers of this rescued-footage documentary ultimately understand the power of its subjects' personalities. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Peter Sobczynski

May 18, 2018

The major problem with That Summer is the inescapable fact that it only barely qualifies as a movie. Read full review

The New York Times - Glenn Kenny

May 17, 2018

That Summer, a new documentary directed by Goran Hugo Olsson, sheds further light on the Beales with footage shot before the making of “Grey Gardens.” Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - G. Allen Johnson

Jul 6, 2018

That Summer leaves me with Beale fatigue. It would seem to appeal to “Grey Gardens” completists only. Read full review

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