Brand Upon the Brain!
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- Synopsis
- 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 ......
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- Director(s)
- Guy Maddin
- Distributor(s)
- Vitagraph Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 95 min.
Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
It's an astonishing film: weird, obsessed, drawing on subterranean impulses, hypnotic.Read the full review
The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites
Delirious, ingenious, often very funny and strangely touching film.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
How often are psychosexual lunacy and classic cinema combined so fiendishly well?Read the full review
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Film: The New Cult Canon: Careful
05/06/09 Winnipeggers are allowed by civic law to carry the keys to all their old homes. | The A.V. Club -
On DVD: Lech Majewski, "Brand Upon the Brain!"
08/19/08 I was far from convinced until "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (2004), which is not only a deeply felt and artfully conceived tragedy, but a film that adopts a faux-home-movie strategy that effectively eliminates the possibility of Majewski's more indulgent tendencies. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
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08/12/08 Moviefone If you ever loved the artistry of David Lynch, but thought his films were too dark and incomprehensible, there's Guy Maddin to ride in on a sea of comedic absurdity. | Cinematical.com