This is the Masters of Cinema Series trailer for the Maysles brothers GREY GARDENS (1975). Full details at the official website here: http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/grey-gardens/

This is the Masters of Cinema Series trailer for the Maysles brothers SALESMAN (1969). Full details at the official website here: http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/salesman/

This was filmed october 6th 2007 in Montreal. Albert Maysles, pioneer of "direct cinema" was invited by the Pop Montreal Festival for a three-hour master class and a special presentation of his cult classic Grey Gardens followed by a Q&A. The discussion was moderated by Matthew Hays, film critic. .... more

Documentary Giant Albert Maysles: "Get Close to What's Going On" "Don't be concerned with a host, narration or music, just get close to what's going on," says Albert Maysles a giant in the world of documentary filmmaking. His career has spanned 50 years. Some know him for his documentary of the.... more

discussion of Beatles Documentary.

I watched The Beales of Grey Gardens before I view the original documentary. I barely understood a thing, but one thing for sure caught my attention is those two beautiful, enchanting, interesting, unconventional characters and the remarkable mother-daughter relationship they shared. They were anything but common..... more

The legendary filmmaker discusses making the classic documentary "Grey Gardens" and explains the ironies of the independent filmmaking business.

Here is a 3-minute edit of the excerpt, quickly summing up the four characters and their techniques, and personalities. Note his manner, for instance, when he conveys the factual error that they are all types of animals: there is no such animal as a Gipper. Whether he knows this as a fact has no bearing on the man -- in sales world, the truth is not important!

First time filmmaker Celia Maysles talks with FilmCatcher at the 2008 South By Southwest Film Festival about getting to know her father through filmmaking. The director discusses her desire to make an archive to remember him, her painful relationship with her father's brother, her efforts to move her family beyond the.... more

Here's the 2nd part, I say enjoy.