Brand Upon the Brain!
Brand Upon the Brain!
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This surreal black-white silent film from Canadian cult director Guy Maddin enjoyed a limited tour of art-house theaters in 2006-2007, boasting a live orchestra, Foley artists, and celebrity narrators employed to help tell the imagined story of Maddin's nightmarish childhood at an isolated lighthouse-turned-orphanage. Though the devoted were truly treated to something special in the live run, this wild cinematic-theatric hybrid event works just as well on the small screen as it pays homage to the silent era (especially that of the Soviets) and creates something wholly new. "An astonishing film" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Co-written by George Guy Maddin---Canada/USA---2006---99 mins.

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  | Jack#4

A visual and mental assault. Whether you get lost in the narrative or succumb to the strobe-like effect of the editing, this movie will keep you enthralled. Highly recommended!

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