The 2nd pick:
"Swimming To Cambodia" (1987): I'm not normally one to recommend watching a 90 minute monologue, but this film is the exception. Actor Spalding Gray spins a tale about working on Roland Joffe's film "The Killing Fields"(1984). He has just a small role in the film and his tale is more about the experience of working and playing in southeast Asia just 6 or 7 years after the end of the Vietnam war. From depravity in Bangkok to arguments with his neighbor in New York City, Gray is spellbinding. No small credit goes to director Jonathan Demme in turning a one man stage play into a feature film. Filmed during what I consider to be Demme's golden period, "Swimming To Cambodia" is right at the top. Performer/musician Laurie Anderson's score syncs perfectly with Gray's humor and self effacing dialogue which swings from absurd to sad and back again.
See it.
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