Gray's Anatomy (1996)

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers:

Spalding Gray (monologue) &
Renée Shafransky (monologue) ...

Release Date:

19 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Spalding Gray has an eye condition that can be surgically corrected. He decides to seek alternate treatment...

Plot Keywords:

Eye | One Man Show | Interview | Alternative Medicine | Performance

Cast

Spalding Gray	...	Himself
Mike McLaughlin	...	Himself
Melissa Robertson	...	Herself
Alvin Henry	...	Himself
Alyne Hargroder	...	Herself
Buddy Carr	...	Himself
Gerry Urso	...	Herself
Chris Simms	...	Himself
Tommy Staub	...	Himself
Kirk A. Patrick Jr.	...	Himself

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Spalding Gray: A Philippine Psychic Surgeon! Now why didn't I think of that?

Movie Connections:

References A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Diary of a compulsive homeopathic ex-christian scientist.

Possibly the most easily accesable of the Spalding Gray monologue-film library Gray's Anatomy chronicles Gray's retinal pucker problems. The interesting camera work and rather unique (in regards to the rest of the Gray Monologue Films) keeping a good feeling of progression. This progression can be found somewhat lacking by new-comers to the monologue scene, and thus this film solves a good deal of viewing problems in this simple aspect. The second aspect that makes this film highly accesible by new-comers in the stories told by the average Joe's. There are some good stories, some bad stories, and some disturbing stories; but none of the clips are allowed to stagnate by Soderburgh. This is probably the most powerful of the two aspects especially when teamed with the cuts from The Killing Fields give Gray's Anatomy a much more action oriented feeling than Monster in A Box or Spalding Gray Is Swimming To Cambodia. Gray's Anatomy is a good introduction to Spalding Gray but falls short of his earlier classics while remaining a film most definitely worthy of viewing. I would give it three and a half stars out of five where as Swimming and Monster I would give a four.