Monster in a Box

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.
A follow-up to Gray's earlier work, Swimming to Cambodia, 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.

Reception

New York magazine praised the film saying, "Monster in a Box is subtly and intricately woven and often very funny."
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