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MAYSLES WEEK
Sunday 6 August - Wednesday 9 August 2006
Storyville celebrates the work of Albert and David Maysles, two pioneers of documentary filmmaking, with a season of their films.
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ALBERT MAYSLES: THE POETIC EYE
Luke Holland, 2006
Sunday 6 August 10.30pm-11pm; rpt 1.20am-1.50am
To introduce the season, filmmaker Luke Holland visits Albert, the surviving brother, to try and understand the siblings' work.
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MEET MARLON BRANDO
Albert and David Maysles, 1965
Sunday 6 August 11pm-11.25pm
Marlon Brando refuses to play the publicity game in this press junket filmed in 1965, turning the fawning questions on their head and putting in a bravura performance. Watch the start of the film
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GIMME SHELTER
David and Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1970
Monday 7 August 10.30pm-midnight
Landmark documentary that captures the Rolling Stones' notorious free concert at Altamont. As the whole thing spirals out of control it seems to mark the symbolic end of the 1960s.
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GREY GARDENS
David and Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke, 1976
Tuesday 8 August 10.30pm-midnight
In a derelict mansion in East Hampton two close relatives of Jackie Onassis live in squalor with an army of cats. One of the Maysles' most celebrated films, Grey Gardens depicts the relationship of these two eccentrics, Big and Little Edie, with acuity and tenderness. Watch clips
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THE SALESMAN
Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1968
Wednesday 9 August 10.30pm-midnight
Four Bible salesmen tout the good book around the living rooms of Boston and Miami, providing a fascinating portrait of themselves and American capitalism in the process. Watch clip
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