Heartbreaking scenes...

i wrote this on another post... but .. the scene when "little" edie was going crazy running,screaming,crying while cutting,tearing her hair out... wow...once again=drew HAS to get every possible award she can get

- The reconciliation scene towards the end...she KEPT the wedding jewels!

-Little Edie's childlike resignation to returning home, and the look of shock on her face when she sees the disrepair in the house after being coaxed inside by her mother.

-The slow but subtle return of Little Edie's alopecia.

-Mrs. Beale's flat announcement to Edie that her father had died and that "the funeral was on Tuesday" before leaving the room.

-When GG was at its lowest point during the raid and you get to see how much that beautiful house had fallen into shambles. The tree branch that had grown right through into Mrs. Beale's bedroom and the broken windows with winter rain coming in gave me chills.

-The Edies standing by helplessly during the raid.

Forget about guns and forget ammunition, 'cause I'm killin' 'em all on my own lil' mission.

When Edie stroked Jackie's hair. That alone put me in tears.

If you don't like abortion, don't have one!

I loved the scene near the end of the movie where Little Edie returns home after running out, and Big Edie encourages her to go to the premiere for the movie. The look on her face is so full of joy. That moment is happy, sad, and touching at the same time in that she is finally fufilling some of her dreams.

There were so many things that gave me a pang! If I had to pick two though...

I was heartbroken for Big Edie when Gould left her. (The state of the piano later was enough to make me want to cry for her.)

Also, reading the quote of Little Edie saying that her mother gave her a priceless life---I don't know why exactly, but it totally choked me up.

The very end, as Edie walks back on stage after everyone had gone and sits down, her quote appears overhead:

"My mother gave me a completely priceless life."

There are so many, but one of my favorites is when they first take you back in time and pan across the scenery where you first see Grey Gardens at is original - and most beautiful. What an amazing home. The scenery is just gorgeous.

For me, it was the little nuances that were the most heartbreaking.

The utter ruin of the piano. Clearly, a central and core piece of the Edies' identity, especially Big Edie. The film doesn't shove the piano and music down your throat, it's part of the fabric of it all. So, when they show just a very brief shot of that piano's twisted and warped keys -- completely beyond repair -- it's significant. Their lives, like that piano, are twisted, in ruin, and well past the point of no return. That one solitary shot of the hautningly beautiful instrument made me weep.

Every single scene the filmmakers were in. The Maysels. Their knowing looks, their sympathetic eyes. There was nothing about these men that was superficial or sensational. They knew these women were not quite on this Earth, and the admiring pity they showed for them was poignant.

That branch that had grown into the bedroom.

The entire scene with Jackie O. Wow. There just are no words. When Little Edie strokes her hair, which then sets off her crazy tirade, and Jackie's reaction without a hint of resentment is priceless. It's all very raw and very manic and very sad. The hair I could have had, the hair that should have been mine, the life that should have been mine, the life I've wasted in this coffin of a house. Beautifully written work, there. Beutifully acted.

That first scene with little Jackie and Edie at the beach. I knew it was a scene that would mean something later, and for some reason I held on to it. It's not specifically heartbreaking, but I had a feeling about it, and it struck me. And later, when Jackie says, "you know what I remember most about Grey Gardens? Summers here." It just got me.

Drew's look of shock when she sees the disrepair and manic hoardiness the house has fallen into when she returns from NY, and then later, her resigned understanding when she walks in with teh cat food and melted ice scream.

That final shot with the quote that her mother gave her such a great life. And you want to just die. The mental illness was so genetically pervasive, yet also so learned, and also so done unto her. Oh gosh. Tragic.