About this title: By rights, an 87-minute filmed monologue should be as stimulating as watching paint dry. Ah, but when the monologist is the brilliant Spalding Gray, then the audience is in for a cerebral feast. Based on his one-man Broadway presentation, Swimming to Cambodia is a mesmerizing account of Gray's experiences while playing a small role in the 1984 film The Killing Fields. Gray's ramblings encompass such subject as Southeast Asian politics, the availability of sex and drugs in the Third World, and even a few choice observations about New York City. The monologist sits at a desk throughout, while ...
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Format: VHS Tape
Studio: Evergreen Ent
Date: 1996-09-17
UPC:707729853831
Description: New. VHS Still in Shrink Wrap, Priority Shipping 5-7 business days recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered to get in time for classes, Buyer responsible for verifying correct ISBN and Edition, Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic items where available. read more
Description: Brand New 6. Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) established his mastery of "filmed performance" with TALKING HEADS--STOP MAKING SENSE. Here he captures the urgency, terror, humor and brilliance of single performer--Spalding Gray, who stays seated behind a table at New York's Soho Performing Garage in 1987 for an intense monologue. Gray uses his experiences in Thailand filming the 1984 Academy Award winning film THE KILLING FIELDS as a springboard for all sorts of ... read more
Description: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler. Fine in good packaging. 1987 Run time: 85. DVD /aka/ Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia. read more
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