Brand Upon The Brain! [In-Person Only]
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
Fri Sep 05: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Sep 06: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Sep 07: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Fri Sep 12: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Sep 13: 7.00pm PDT
Sun Sep 14: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
About
(Guy Maddin, 2006, United States & Canada, 98 min, silent with original music and effects)
The Brand upon the Brain is an autobiographical family melodrama, with hints of the grand guignol, 1920s teen detective fiction and Feuillade. Shot in black and white, edited alternatingly in furious and langourous paces meant to replicate the way we remember the curious passage of time in our childhoods, the movie is silent with an original score and a multitude of sound effects. (In fact, it is designed to be projected with live orchestra and foley artist accompaniment).
The story concerns a boy named Guy Maddin who lives with his sister and some forty orphans in a lighthouse cum school run by his parents on the remote Black Notch Island. Guys parents are up to no good with their young charges. In a procedure which leaves many children psychically scarred, father Maddin harvests brain nectar from his young charges and feeds it to his wife, Guys mother, to keep her young. When the mother starts to look younger than her own daughter, a teen detective named Wendy Chase arrives on the island to investigate. Guy falls in love with Wendy, but Wendy falls in love with Guys sister Janet and goes into Shakespearean drag as a boy teen detective named Chance in order to pursue her heterosexual beloved, leaving Guy heartbroken and confused over the exchange of one teen sleuth for another. Together, the three youths Guy, Janet and the androgynous Wendy/Chance plunge themselves into the horror of the Maddin familys predatory, at times cannibalistic, sexual secrets.
A story that adapts real events in the directors dreamily misremembered coming of age and attempts to present them with the same respect for the cruelty of gods that ancient Greek myths have. Melodrama raised to the Nth power. Completely music-driven.
Very wild. Very lyrical. Very true. |
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Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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| First: | Friday Sep 05, 2025 7:00 PM | | Last: | Sunday Sep 14, 2025 7:00 PM |
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum's ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at rajah@nwfilmforum.org
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