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

In 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

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