Last night, I went to The Castro Theatre to see a double-feature screening of Grey Gardens and its companion The Beales of Grey Gardens. Between the features was a Q&A session with Jerry Torre, known affectionately as The Marble Faun.
I saw the movie at The Tower Theatre in Sacramento back in the mid-1980s for its tenth anniversary, so seeing it again twenty years later was a nice thing to do. What I want to know is why did Edie wear those scarves? Did she lose her hair to alopecia or somesuch? Was she self-conscious of the few strands of gray hair that peeked out from beneath them? Does anyone know?
The Q&A was very fun – Jerry Torre is a sexy hot bear of a man who now drives a taxi in New York City. And bear is true – he spoke of his boyfriends with the unselfconsciousness of a man comfortable with himself and his surroundings. But his love for Mrs. Beale was clear in every word, and in how he teared up just a little bit. And the story of taking Jackie O. to the Anvil was pretty funny. I wish I had had the presence of mind to take a couple of pics of him – well, I did think of it, but I didn’t.
The second feature, though, was a literal snooze-fest. I fell asleep during the middle third of it, which probably annoyed the audience with my snoring. I don’t think I actually did snore, but it would have served the movie right. What a bore, although the final montage showing off some of Edie’s more “revolutionary” costumes was rather amusing, but the rest of the outtakes were just dull, dull, dull.
After the screening, I had a late supper at Orphan Andy’s then rode the F-Market home. Cold wind blew the damp air and I was chilled through.
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