Tamara Ta There are some spoilers******When Spalding discusses how most surgeons that see a problem want to operate, it reminds me of the saying that to a hammer everything looks like a nail. They see a problem and they want to perform corrective surgery, that's their job, they are specialists. The difference between scraping and peeling was also interesting and made me think of how efficacy of an operation can be evaluated by language as well. And it was interesting for me, since most people in developed countries see something as efficacious if the disease agent has been removed, illness cured with a drug, or not efficacious if the treatment involved none of the modern medical procedures like 'macula scraping'. Despite the scary words and surgery, I find that his decision to go to an Indian Sweating ceremony is interesting. It makes me think of how the mere shock factor, the mere novelty, and quick reward/reaction that the body receives from such activity already give the impression of working! Which is why I suppose many people engage in it. When one does surgery, it's so impersonal and includes long wait times, and you are anesthetized and you don't really 'feel' it. I heard there is research going on about placebo cures, there was a case in 2002 where some doctors in the US had done "placebo" (fake) knee surgery for some older patients and within months their chronic knee pain had gone! The surgery looked like real surgery, the doctor had a scalpel in his hands but he didn't do the standard surgery. The ethics are definitely shady but the idea is placebo can be a cure in itself. Here is a link to the article.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/07/020712075415.htmLastly, I like what the nutritionist recommends (the fish issue and vanadium), but like all people, the diet and wait time and working yourself for a slower and less risky path sounds less appealing! One wants the magic bullet cure. To drink, eat, and smoke everything that can make him blind is a great relief and is the best wording to describe what modern medicine has taught us to do, to rely on it and only it and not ourselves as much. I can;t be the one to judge whether that is good or not. I found Spalding's performance very engaging and very lively.

madhater_da_killa Possibly the most easily accesable of the Spalding Gray monologue-film library Gray's Anatomy chronicles Gray's retinal pucker problems. The interesting camera work and rather unique (in regards to the rest of the Gray Monologue Films) keeping a good feeling of progression. This progression can be found somewhat lacking by new-comers to the monologue scene, and thus this film solves a good deal of viewing problems in this simple aspect. The second aspect that makes this film highly accesible by new-comers in the stories told by the average Joe's. There are some good stories, some bad stories, and some disturbing stories; but none of the clips are allowed to stagnate by Soderburgh. This is probably the most powerful of the two aspects especially when teamed with the cuts from The Killing Fields give Gray's Anatomy a much more action oriented feeling than Monster in A Box or Spalding Gray Is Swimming To Cambodia. Gray's Anatomy is a good introduction to Spalding Gray but falls short of his earlier classics while remaining a film most definitely worthy of viewing. I would give it three and a half stars out of five where as Swimming and Monster I would give a four.

craigjclark Made during the time when Steven Soderbergh was in the process of reinventing himself (see also "Schizopolis," made the same year), this is a wonderfully inventive film with a kinetic visual style to match Spalding Gray's verbal gymnastics. This is the kind of film that stays with you long after you've finished watching it, thanks to Gray's performance -- he is a terrific storyteller -- and Soderbergh's imaginative staging.Caveat: If you're at all squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions of eye injuries, this film may not be your cup of tea.

Snap Dad This movie is simply a 90 min monologue about this guy and his medical troubles. He explains how he tried all kinds of remedies and potions, because he was too chicken to bite the bullet and get an operation. This movie would seem boring at first glance, but the director - one of my new favourites - Steven Soderbergh makes this an interesting and worthwhile journey into this mans psyche. If you're unsure about this movie, check out Soderbergh's other masterpiece 'Schitzopolis' and then if you have any doubts about his directing ability then that's your loss, not mine. Gray's Anatomy... taste's like chicken. I'm told.