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By Ivana Redwine, About.com Guide to DVD since 2001

DVD Pick: Brand Upon the Brain! (Criterion Collection)

Wednesday September 3, 2008
Brand Upon the Brain! DVD Cover Art - Photo Courtesy of PriceGrabberIn Brand Upon the Brain!, filmmaker Guy Maddin takes a mesmerizing autobiographical look at himself at age 12. The protagonist of the movie is named Guy Maddin and is played by a child actor, but in a supporting role there's an adult actor portraying a 40-something Maddin musing over his boyhood. The filmmaker isn't interested in depicting things as perceived by rational adults; instead, he is concerned with communicating the boy's worldview to us. Read more Brand Upon the Brain! DVD Cover Art - Photo Courtesy of PriceGrabber
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