• Swimming to the Macula

    As is evident from his intensely personal theater and film work, Spalding Gray always laid himself bare to his audiences. But it’s unlikely you’ll ever get more up close and personal than with the following footage of the man’s eye surgery. The procedure was necessary to cure his “macula pucker,” which would become the instigating topic of the monologue that Steven Soderbergh’s film Gray’s Anatomy comprises. Perhaps it doesn’t need to be said that these vivid images of an eyeball being stitched up are not for the squeamish; rather, we’ll note for those not inclined to look away that there are ten more minutes of the surgery included with the release.

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  • By Narrator
    June 22, 2012
    05:25 PM

    And this is why I love Criterion. Few other studios would be willing to include footage of a man's eye surgery as a special feature.
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  • By vladimir
    July 21, 2012
    09:02 PM

    that was tough to watch i mean i watched all stan brakhage films but this was a toughee
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  • By David
    July 30, 2012
    12:51 AM

    Oooops! I vomited on my monitor.
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