
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.... (Full plot summary below)
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Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
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| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesGray pulls together genocide, pleasure-seeking, military paranoia, filmmaking, and even an anecdote about rude neighbors to paint a coherent portrait of aggression. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrMr. Gray's feature-length monologue brings people, places and things so vibrantly to life that they're very nearly visible on the screen. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyIt's not the monotonous, neurotic's ego trip you'd imagine, but a karate-chop crawl against a rising tide of complacency. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis curious idea for a movie actually works. |
| United Press InternationalCathy BurkeIt is both drama at its most entertaining -- and an enlightening peronal lesson in the history of America's involvement in Cambodia during the Vietnam era. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweAs lectures go, this may be the most fun one yet. |
| Chicago ReaderPat GrahamVery much a matter of shared taste and attitude, but cultural outsiders had best beware. |
| TimeRichard SchickelHis is a dispassionate sensibility, and he is not a strong enough actor - nor has he a strong enough intelligence - to fight his way out of the false analogy he has drawn between moviemaking and tragic history in the making. |
| User ReviewPamela S"Will the artists please get on the helicopters!" I love Spalding Gray. He inspired me as a young artist and his tragic end still makes me sad. |
| User ReviewDave QThis movie absolutely inspires me! The pure beauty of Gray's performance and reading along with Laurie Anderson's musical score makes this an enjoyable, almost religious experience! |