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Martha

I am a perfectionist

Martha • 2024
[phone beeps] [Martha] I am a perfectionist

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[Martha] I am a perfectionist.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:51
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
This Machine Filmworks

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Movie Summary

The film covers the breadth of her extraordinary life through intimate interviews with Stewart herself, who opened up her personal archives to share never-before-seen photos, letters, and diary entries.
[whimsical strings music playing] - Martha 00:06
[whimsical strings music playing]
I wanted to learn. He had a lot to teach. And I listened. - Martha 00:05
I wanted to learn. He had a lot to teach. And I listened.
I was the one trusted to iron his linen shirts. - Martha 00:05
I was the one trusted to iron his linen shirts.
And he had the Harris Tweed jacket - Martha 00:08
And he had the Harris Tweed jacket
And it was very obvious to everybody that I was his favorite. - Martha 00:06
And it was very obvious to everybody that I was his favorite...
[music fades] - Martha 00:06
[music fades]
He got the job done that he could-- that he was set out to do. - Martha 00:05
He got the job done that he could-- that he was set out to d...
[inquisitive strings music playing] - Martha 00:10
[inquisitive strings music playing]
He sometimes started the day off with a large glass of coffee and red wine. - Martha 00:06
He sometimes started the day off with a large glass of coffe...
He never stumbled around and threw things and broke things. - Martha 00:06
He never stumbled around and threw things and broke things.
But he was a dissatisfied, unhappy human being. - Martha 00:05
But he was a dissatisfied, unhappy human being.
{\an8}He couldn't support six kids. And we needed food. - Martha 00:06
{\an8}He couldn't support six kids. And we needed food.
[poignant music playing] - Martha 00:11
[poignant music playing]
{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And at times, it was the end of the belt. - Martha 00:05
{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And at times, it was the end...
["Good Lookin' by Etta James playing] - Martha 00:09
["Good Lookin' by Etta James playing]
She and her mother one day said to me, - Martha 00:13
She and her mother one day said to me,
{\an8}That was a major event in Nutley, New Jersey. - Martha 00:06
{\an8}That was a major event in Nutley, New Jersey.
I would give most of my paycheck to my mother - Martha 00:07
I would give most of my paycheck to my mother
I stood by my mother's side in the kitchen, - Martha 00:07
I stood by my mother's side in the kitchen,
She was a schoolteacher, and she had to cook 16 meals a day. - Martha 00:06
She was a schoolteacher, and she had to cook 16 meals a day.