This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.... (Full plot summary below)
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This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
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| User ReviewJames BPoor old Spalding. He made my neuroses seem minor. This film is a funny look inside a quirky, original mind. |
| User ReviewDavid RSee my review for Swimming to Cambodia. I liked all his monologues! |
| User ReviewHeather FThis movie is a true tour-de-force. If you've seen Spalding Gray's "Swimming To Cambodia", you have some idea of what to expect, but here the subject matter is more emotionally charged, the words fly faster, and the topics careen so wildly that the viewer's mind is likely to be completely blown by the end of their first watching. Amazingly, all the elements fit together into a deeply satisfying whole. The camerawork also adds to the dynamics, and the end result is a journey like no other. |
| User ReviewRich M115th Movie of 2010 (rewatch) Seriously one of my top five favorite films. I like to watch this movie every five or so years, so it always stays fresh. For me, Monster in a Box is the equivalent of comfort food in movie form. |
| User ReviewJulia CR.I.P. Spalding Gray. Nick Broomfield films tortured artists like nobody else. You know it's true. Gray's monologue + Laurie Anderson's very 1992 soundtrack is heartbreaking. I dare any serious fan of Spalding Gray's genius not to tear up a bit. |
| User ReviewTTT CA more introspective Spalding Gray (if that's possible) than Swimming to Cambodia. Great insight to the guy and by him as well. "How therapeutic it is to surround yourself with people stranger than you are." |
| User ReviewAlyssa NAs a writer, I know that it's one thing to be able to write an interesting and entertaining story, and another entirely to be able to recite it in a way that is just as interesting and entertaining. Luckily, both areas seem to be Spalding Gray's expertise, so even though this film is just him monologuing the whole time, it still held my attention, and I even laughed a couple times. However, since this is a movie and not just a reading, there are definitively more ways he could have taken advantage of this new medium, rather than just subtle differences in lighting, music, or camera angle. Maybe this is just personal preference, but if I'm watching a movie, I want to feel like I'm watching a movie and not just a one-man stage performance that happened to be filmed. |
| User ReviewMatt KRidiculously entertaining. Spalding Gray is a completely unique and fascinating person. |
| User ReviewDavid BSpalding Gray talks directly to the camera (with some lighting and music effects) about his difficulty with writing his first novel and the parallels to his own life. For an hour and a half. More engrossing than one would think - the time flew by for me. |
| User ReviewJustin RProbably the most emotional and deep Gray monologue (between 'Anatomy' and 'Cambodia'). Very funny and interesting story about his writing process, living in LA, and just plain nothing spun into something. I've got to find that fourth monologue now. |
