Movielogr
The Brig (1964)
Directed by Jonas Mekas
Overview
Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.
Length 68 minutes
Actors
Warren Finnerty | Henry Howard | Tom Lilard | James Tiroff | Steven Ben Israel | Rufus Collins | Gene Lipton | Michael Elias | William Shari | Viktor Allen | George Bartenieff | Gene Gordon | Mark Duffy | Henry Proach | Carl Einhorn | Luke Theodore | Jim Anderson