Review of Gray's Anatomy (1996) by Dan G — 22 Aug 2009

Soderbergh's ever bizarre yet fascinating camera work and Spalding's charmingly powerful oratory technique combine here to make what has to be the most intriguing and enthralling talking head film ever made. For eighty minutes I sat entranced by a man sitting at a desk talking about his minor minor eye problem and never once did I even think or dare to look away. Gray's narrative technique spans the neurosis of Allan,the performance of Sellers and a strange savant like memory. All of which work wonderfully with Soderberghs stylistic direction to lend a psychological and almost philosophical depth to an otherwise arbitrarily mundane story.

I only wish I could watch him sit at that desk longer.