Without a doubt the best of the filmed versions of Spalding Gray's monologues. Perhaps it doesn't have the cultural importance or impact of "Swimming to Cambodia", but it's his most personal and open monologue.Like Jonathan Demme's approach with "Swimming..." Nick Broomfield (the second best documentary film-maker after Errol Morris) simply attempts to recreate the affect of seeing Spalding's live performance (Steven Soderberg's "Gray's Anatomy" tried a different non-live, internalised-externalised, impressionistic approach which doesn't entirely work, and the HBO production of Terrors of Pleasure is only worth it to actually see the peformance) and it's the best way of presenting such a theatre piece; point the camera at the man and let him talk!!!!!There are a few visual/stylistic moments - but they don't detract from the reason to see this masterpiece - Spalding himself.On the surface the monologue is about SG not being able to write his book Impossible vacation (largely about his mother's suicide) - but the bigger picture is a self-portrait of an impending nervous breakdown and his fortunate avoidance of it.There's wit and pathos to Gray's dialogue and performance, you'll be laughing and feel touched at the same time.If you've never seen or read anything by him - watch this and you'll be hooked!!!