Monster in a Box
{{Short description|1992 monologue film by Nick Broomfield}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Monster in a Box
| image = Monster in a Box.jpg
| caption =
| director = Nick Broomfield
| producer = Jon Blair
Norman I. Cohen
Renée Shafransky
| writer = Spalding Gray
| starring = Spalding Gray
| music = Laurie Anderson
| cinematography = Michael Coulter
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1992}}
| runtime = 87 min
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $311,245
}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE0DD143CF936A35755C0A964958260|title=A 'Monster' Dense With Meaning|author=Canby, Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|
newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 June 1992|archivedate=May 26, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526052613/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/05/movies/review-film-a-monster-dense-with-meaning.html}}
A follow-up to Gray's earlier work, Swimming to Cambodia,{{cite book|authorlink=Leonard Maltin|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sfw2AgAAQBAJ&dq=monster+in+a+box+spalding+gray&pg=RA4-PT1347|title=Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide|date=2013-09-03|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-1-101-60955-2|language=en}} the work consists of a long-form monologue by Gray detailing the trials and tribulations he encountered while writing his first novel, Impossible Vacation.
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Laurie Anderson.
A book version of the monologue was published in 1992.{{cite web|title=Monster in a Box|publisher=Penguin Random House|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/70931/monster-in-a-box-by-spalding-gray/|date=February 25, 1992|isbn=9780679737391}}
Reception
New York magazine praised the film saying, "Monster in a Box is subtly and intricately woven and often very funny."{{cite web|last=Denby|first=David|title=Unrisky Business|page=56-57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeMCAAAAMBAJ&dq=monster+in+a+box+spalding+gray&pg=PA56|magazine=New York|date=1992-06-22|publisher=New York Media, LLC|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0102467}}
{{Spalding Gray}}
{{Nick Broomfield}}
Category:Films directed by Nick Broomfield
Category:Films scored by Laurie Anderson
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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