DVD
Swimming to Cambodia
Performers
Performed by Spalding Gray.
Publication Information
[Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Master storyteller Spalding Gray brought his tour-de-force one-man show Swimming to Cambodia to the big screen, directed by Jonathan Demme and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson. Gray spent eight weeks in Southeast Asia playing the role of the Ambassador's aide in the Academy Award-winning film, The Killing Fields. Inspired by his experiences there, Gray weaves a hilarious and hypnotic talke of the making of the film, from the "sixty-six takes" of his first scene to the jarring encounters with Thai marijuana, the history of Cambodia and the inhabitants of the Asian massage parlors and sex bars. It's reality with a wry twist from a fascinating pioneer of experimental theatre.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: Interview with director Jonathan Demme.