Spalding Deserves this...

Swimming to Cambodia is a landmark film and Spalding Gray was one-of-a-kind. Its haunting to think back to his performances I attended where he would so casually take his seat and talk...

Latest I have heard, and it's not recent, but very reliable, says this 'Project' is scheluded for the 2008 Toronto Festival, unsure if it is ready.
To be called 'Spalding Gray'

jb
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www.spaldinggray.com

This is obviously not a project intended to attract large audiences. This is more likely a project made out of love and respect. Casual viewers aren't expected to see it. The filmmakers won't miss you either.




give me a stage where this bull here can rage and though I can fight I'd much rather recite.

I agree re. this film. I guess I was expecting more about the depression and anxiety he, his brother, and mother had. I still think the head injury is what drove him to suicide.

Let's see, Gray repeatedly refers to his shadow throughout this film, but Soderbergh missed it entirely. Do you think he missed it while he was reviewing countless hours of Gray footage or while he was editing that massive amount of documentation down to 89 minutes? Maybe he missed it during his twelve-year association with Gray. Amazing that I didn't miss it, but Soderbergh did. Hmmmmmm.

As you said, Gray's "wide swath" runs though all of his chatter. It certainly could not be omitted by a filmmaker who is exclusively compiling footage of Gray talking. Soderbergh figured, correctly, that 95% of the people who would be interested in seeing this film would already know about Gray's death. There are many, many references to his eventual alleged suicide in AEIGF; they're just not wrapped in a bow and placed neatly in your lap. This ain't mainstream Hollywood filmmaking.