Movie·1992·1h 27m

Monster in a Box

He Survived Swimming to Cambodia. Now the Adventure Continues.

Directed By

Nick Broomfield

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

Monologuist Spalding Gray talks about the great difficulties he experienced while attempting to write his first novel, a nearly 2,000-page autobiographical tome concerning the death of his mother. Among his many asides, Gray discusses his problems in dealing with the Hollywood film industry, recounts the trips he took around the world in order to avoid dealing with his writer's block and describes his ambivalence about acting as stage manager for a Broadway production of "Our Town."

Written By

Spalding Gray

Producer

Rieta Oord, Renée Shafransky

Cinematography

Michael Coulter

Music

Laurie Anderson

Editor

Graham Hutchings

Themes

concertbased on play or musicalone-man showlive performance