And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)

A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series of monologues.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Stars:

Spalding Gray, Forrest Gray, Kathie Russo

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Spalding Gray	...	Self

Storyline

From the first time he performed Swimming to Cambodia - the one-man account of his experience of making the 1984 film The Killing Fields - Spalding Gray made the art of the monologue his own. Drawing unstintingly on the most intimate aspects of his own life, his shows were vibrant, hilarious and moving. His death came tragically early, in 2004; this compilation of interview and performance footage nails his idiosyncratic and irreplaceable brilliance.

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Plot Keywords:

monologue | spalding gray | interview | suicide | oral sex | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #617.

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Connections

References King of the Hill (1993)

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Soundtracks

Tubthumping
Written by Danbert Nobacon, Dunstan Bruce, Alice Nutter, Louise Watts, Paul Greco, Darren Hammer, Allen Whalley and Judith Abbot
Performed by Chumbawamba

User Reviews

Some interesting recollections in one run-on sentence

Actor Spalding Gray tells stories through a series of monologue. Director Steven Soderbergh splices together the various segments to create a vision of a man's life through his own words. Spalding is most famous as an actor whose biggest movie is probably 'The Killing Fields'. This is a fascinating experience like sitting in front of the man listening intently at the story teller. It's confessional. It's personal. It's sometimes funny, some shocking, and just a lot of little personal recollections. There is a lot of footage from his one person play. The disembodied laughter is a little bit strange since it depends on which footage is being used. Some footage is just an interview. I have a feeling that the play is a lot more mesmerizing. The movie runs on and on switching from one performance to another to an interview. It feels like a run-on sentence. There are some undeniable laughs. Sometimes I miss some of the laughs from the audiences. It's like I'm missing a comedic beat or some obscure reference.

I wonder if it would be better to have a straight uncut film of the plays. A film that takes in Spalding's pace could allow the stories to hit better. Let's pause for effect. Let's have a break for the audience. The monotone pacing tested my patience after 30 minutes. Of course, a theater performance transferred directly to film almost never works except for comedy specials. This is sorta like that. Then again it isn't. The pacing could be too slow for movie audiences. This is an interesting attempt, but it didn't all work for me.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Spalding Gray Project

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,035, 12 December 2010

Gross USA:

$22,080

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,080

Company Credits

Production Co:

Washington Square Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1