Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain! Live Show On Tour Prior to Limited Theatrical Release

Several of us lucky souls were fortunate enough to catch the Toronto Film Festival Premiere slash Live Show Extravaganza that is Guy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain! Guy has taken his silent dream-fever pseudo autobiography (and a sequel of sorts to Cowards Bend the Knee) to a few other prestige festivals (namely NY and Berlin but also Mexico City and Buenos Aires) and changed up narrators and so forth in the interim 6-7 months. One of the primo film experiences of all time (The live Foley accompaniment was strangely hypnotic and the live narrator and orchestra has its own charms)

Now, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! will be presented as an expansive live event in select cities, featuring an 11-piece LIVE orchestra, a 5-person LIVE Foley (sound effects performed onstage) team, and a LIVE celebrity narrator, and Castrato supplementing the filmic image. Confirmed narrators thus far include Crispin Glover (!), Eli Wallach (!!), Justin Bond (recently in Shortbus) Peter Scarlet, and Isabella Rossellini. Filmmaker Guy Maddin will appear in person to present the film during these exclusive live engagements in select historic movie palaces in Chicago (The Music Box), New York (The Village East) and Los Angeles (The Egyptian Theatre). Following presentations of this unique stage production, the feature film BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! will continue in those cities as a regular film run (with a pre-recorded soundtrack including narration by Isabella Rossellini as well as others) nationwide, beginning in May. BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! will also be presented live for one night, on May 7th as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Official Site
Live Shows
Regular Screenings

Opus' TIFF Screening Review
Kurt's TIFF Screening Review

Trailer (Downloadable Quicktime, 50Mb)
Behind The Scenes Reel Narrated by Guy Maddin