Monster in a Box
1992 monologue film by Nick Broomfield
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Monster in a Box is a monologue originally performed live on stage by the writer Spalding Gray then subsequently made into a 1992 film starring Gray and directed by Nick Broomfield.[1]
Norman I. Cohen
Renée Shafransky
| Monster in a Box | |
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| Directed by | Nick Broomfield |
| Written by | Spalding Gray |
| Produced by | Jon Blair Norman I. Cohen Renée Shafransky |
| Starring | Spalding Gray |
| Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
| Music by | Laurie Anderson |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $311,245 |
A follow-up to Gray's earlier work, Swimming to Cambodia,[2] the work consists of a long-form monologue by Gray detailing the trials and tribulations he encountered while writing his first novel, Impossible Vacation.[1]
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Laurie Anderson.[1]
A book version of the monologue was published in 1992.[3]
Reception
New York magazine praised the film saying, "Monster in a Box is subtly and intricately woven and often very funny."[4]
The New York Times wrote, "Like "Swimming to Cambodia," the new film is sly and funny and dead-on serious, full of the kind of particular details that separate the poet from the journalist, all of which are delivered with what might be called committed skepticism."[1]
