Gray's Anatomy (2-DVD)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 19 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 19, 2012
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Spalding Gray | |
Directed by | Steven Soderbergh | |
Edited by | Susan Littenberg | |
Screenwriting by | Spalding Gray | |
Composition by | Cliff Martinez | |
Story by | Spalding Gray & Renee Shafransky | |
Produced by | Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, Kathleen Russo & John Hardy | |
Director of Photography: | Elliot Davis |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
Using every cinematic trick in the book, [director] Soderbergh turns Gray's one-man world into the most surreal mind-expander since Alice fell down the rabbit hole.
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E! Online
Rating: 4/5 --
The late Spalding Gray's monologue is typically fascinating, and Soderbergh's creative staging is a treat.
Nitrate Online
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Becomes a kind of strange examination of human existence; frail, idiosyncratic, and ultimately a kind of cosmic joke.
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From the Front Row
Rating: 2/4 --
There's something intrinsically insincere about the whole quest. Gray is on a search less for a cure than for material.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: C+ --
Visually inventive version of Gray's monologue, though the material is not as interesting as that of Swimming to Cambodia.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
...Lots of visual inventiveness....[Gray] is very much on top of his game delivering the piece...
Variety
Rating: 2.5/4 --
If you cannot see Spalding Gray live, then do see his monologue films. Gray's Anatomy can be infuriating, but Spalding makes it worthwhile.
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Internet Reviews
Product Description:
Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh films Spalding Gray's monologue--originally written for the stage--with an energy that makes for an intriguing cinematic viewing experience. Opening with a succession of black-and-white interviews that details horrific incidents dealing with human eyeballs, Gray's topic of discussion becomes readily apparent. Eventually, Gray admits that he himself experienced a near-traumatic episode when one of his eyes became blurry and unfocused. Terrified at the thought of surgery--which would have involved scraping his eyeball--Gray decided to search for another way to rid himself of his unfortunate condition. In a series of hysterical tales, Gray describes his attempts to find a nonsurgical cure for his affliction. These include calling a Christian Science hot line, flying to the Philippines to meet with a psychic surgeon, and traveling to Minnesota to partake in a Native American ceremony that aims to sweat the problem out of him. When Gray realizes that these approaches aren't working, he must finally decide whether to place himself under the knife and risk losing his eye. As usual, Soderbergh's keen vision adds a spark to the proceedings. His roaming camera emphasizes the dialogue in a way that the stage could never do, allowing Gray to do his thing and keep the laughs rolling.
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