The Brig
'The Brig' started out as an interesting look at the attitudes toward punishment in a past era, but quickly became tedious, and soon afterward became torture for the viewer.
Jonas Mekas
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
The midwife of American avant-garde cinema, Jonas Mekas (along with his brother Adolfas) was unloaded in New York City by the United Nation Refugee Agency in 1949. There were surely worse places to end-up and Mekas was "hungry for culture," observing the immigrant community in...Watch Movie
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The Brig
"I went to see 'The Brig', the play, the night it closed. The Becks were told to shut down and get out. The performance, by this time, was so precisely acted that it moved with the inevitability of life itself. As I watched it I thought: Suppose this was a real brig; suppose I was a newsreel...Watch Movie
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The Brig
A nightmare. Watching this film was punishment, an extremely unpleasant experience. Not your usual Jonas Mekas.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
So happy to Mr Mekas here on Fandor....