1992, directed by Nick Broomfield
This was the first intro I filmed in Lisbon, near where we used to live in the Parque das Naçoes area of town, which was built for the 1998 World’s Fair. For this video, I had a little fun with the audience by starting out with a Cookie Monster sketch from “Sesame Street.” Spalding Gray is one of the greatest storytellers who ever lived. I remember that I had tickets to see him at the Moore Theater in Seattle, but the show was canceled at the last minute and never rescheduled. Only later did I learn that this was due to the about the near-fatal car crash that was the beginning of the end of his life. Sadly, I never got to see him perform live.