Brand Upon the Brain!
Summary:
Guy Maddin wrote and directed this wildly idiosyncratic look at one man revisiting his dysfunctional childhood. Guy (Erik Steffan Maahs) is a house painter who, at the urging of his aging mother (Gretchen Krich), returns to the tiny Canadian island where he grew up to put a fresh coat of paint on the lighthouse that was the family home. As Guy tries to cover the wear and t... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Erik Steffen Maahs - (Grown-up Guy Maddin)
Gretchen Lee Krich - (Mother)
Sullivan Brown - (Young Guy Maddin)
Maya Lawson - (Sis)
Katherine E. Scharhon - (Chance Hale/Wendy Hale)
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Review:
Any Guy Maddin film is a unique experience, and Brand Upon the Brain! is no exception. In its initial theatrical engagements, the film was shown as a silent movie, accompanied not only by a live orchestra but by rotating on-site narrators and sound effects pros. Even without those extras and with prerecorded sound effects, score, and narratio... Continue >>
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