And Everything Is Going Fine
Theatrical release poster © Neil Kellerhouse
Directed bySteven Soderbergh
Produced byKathie Russo
Amy Hobby
Joshua Blum
StarringSpalding Gray
Edited bySusan Littenberg
Music byForrest Gray
Production
company
Twenty Pounder
Distributed bySundance Selects
Release date
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

And Everything Is Going Fine is a 2010 documentary film directed by Steven Soderbergh about the life of monologist Spalding Gray. It premiered on January 23, 2010 at the Slamdance Film Festival[1] and was screened at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival and the 2010 Maryland Film Festival.[2][3] Soderbergh had earlier directed Gray's filmed monologue, Gray's Anatomy.

Soderbergh decided against recording narration and new interviews. The film instead consists entirely of archival footage, principally numerous excerpts from monologues by and interviews with Gray, spanning some 20 years, as well as home movies of Gray as an infant.[4] Music for the film was composed by Gray's son Forrest.[5]

Home media

On June 19, 2012, American video distribution company The Criterion Collection released And Everything Is Going Fine on Blu-ray and DVD. Both editions contain a new digital restoration of the film, the original trailer to the film, the first monologue of Gray recorded in 1982 (although first delivered in 1979), a video interview discussing the film's production history, and a new essay by Nell Casey. Exclusive to the Blu-ray edition is an uncompressed monaural soundtrack accompanying the film.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "About Slamdance". Slamdance. Slamdance, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ Sciretta, Peter (3 February 2010). "SXSW Feature Film Line-Up Announced". /Film. /Film. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ Sragow, Michael (14 March 2010). "Film festivals like Md.'s crucial for 'Hurt Locker'". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore Sun Media Group. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ^ Michel, Karen (14 December 2010). "In New Film, Spalding Gray Tells His Own Tale". NPR. National Public Radio. Retrieved 7 February 2016. I began to define [the film] by what I didn't want it to be. It certainly didn't make sense to me to interview people on camera and have them talking about someone who was arguably one of the world's best talkers.
  5. ^ DeFore, John (14 October 2010). "And Everything Is Going Fine -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ "And Everything Is Going Fine". The Criterion Collection. The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. ^ Atanasov, Svet (26 June 2012). "And Everything Is Going Fine Blu-ray Review". Blu-ray.com. Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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