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Rating: 7 stars

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island dysfunctional

All movies seen on 11/07/2010

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Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

Directed by Guy Maddin

Comedy | Fantasy

Overview

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Isabella Rossellini | Erik Steffen Maahs | Sullivan Brown | Gretchen Krich | Maya Lawson | Jake Morgan-Scharhon | Andrew Loviska | Kellan Larson | Todd Jefferson Moore | Megan Murphy | Cathleen O'Malley | Clayton Corzatte | Susan Corzatte | Annette Toutonghi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Next up Guy Maddin’s spooky mind trip Brand Upon the Brain (2006), on Criterion no less. Another captivating watch with great atmosphere and narration. Weird fantasy about a Guy returning to his childhood home and dealing with a very dysfunctional family that extracts brain juice from orphans to remain young. I *think* that’s what’s going on.

Disc set is great as it includes the live narrations from Isabella Rossellini and Crispin Glover. I listened to a little of those w/the film.

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