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  • From: "Dina Hornreich" <dina.hornreich AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Typical Girls" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] Fw: 5/12 Laurie Anderson Narrates BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
  • Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 07:35:38 -0600

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:53 PM
Subject: 5/12 Laurie Anderson Narrates BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

Greetings!
 
Possibly of interest to your New York-based members...  Laurie Anderson will narrate Guy Maddin's new film, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN on May 12th.  In addition to the live narration, the silent film will be accompanied by a live orchestra, Foley special effects team and Castrato.  It will be a bizarre, unique event...  Details below, and more info about the film, tickets, photos, etc., can be found at:  http://www.branduponthebrain.com.
 
Best regards,
Libby
 
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An Earth-shaking Live Spectacle, Coming to New York!

With a LIVE Narrator! A Castrato!! Several Foley Artists!!! And an Orchestra!!!!
 
May 9th - 15th at the Village East Cinemas, director Guy MaddinÂ’s (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD) latest feature film BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! will be presented as an expansive live spectacle with an 11-piece orchestra, a 5-piece Foley team, a Castrato and celebrity narrators, including Crispin Glover, Justin Bond of Kiki and HerbIsabella Rossellini, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Poet Laureate John Ashberry, and many others. Guy Maddin will appear in person to present the film. 
 
"Guy Maddin's latest astonishment-- has ransacked film history and his own delirious imagination to create a work like none other: a silently shot film about a man who, on revisiting his childhood home, hurtles unto a past where orphan children, coy lesbian lovers, and a mad scientist converge." -- Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
 
Whatever are young "Guy Maddin's" parents really up to in their lighthouse home/orphanage on a chilly remote island? Overbearing Mother (Gretchen Krich) tracks her son's (Sullivan Brown) every move, calling him home over the "Aerophone" just as something interesting is about to happen! And poor Sis (Maya Lawson) -- Mother will never let her have any fun! The intrigue continues as deranged Mother, hell-bent on restoring her youth, and sinister Scientist-Father (Todd Jefferson Moore) engage in diabolical, secret experimentationÂ…
 
Equal parts childhood reminiscence, Expressionist horror movie, teen detective serial and Grand Guignol reverie, BRAND! has been earning unqualified raves during 9 months on the festival circuit, including Festival-best mentions at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, 2006 New York Film Festival, and the 2007 Berlinale.
 
Following the live tour, BRAND! will open as a regular film, with a pre-recorded soundtrack narrated by Isabella Rossellini. 
 
Narrators - New York
May 9th Opening Night: 
7 PM & 9:30 PM: Crispin Glover

May 10:
7 PM Actress Anne Jackson
9:30 PM Actor Eli Wallach

May 11:
7 PM Actress/Writer Joie Lee
9:30 PM Crispin Glover

May 12:
7 PM Performance/Visual Artist Laurie Anderson
9:30 PM Lou Reed

May 13:
3 PM Justin Bond of "Kiki and Herb" and SHORTBUS
7 PM Poet Laureate John Ashberry
9:30 PM Musician Tunde Adebimpe (Bandmember TV on the Radio)

May 14:
7 PM Actor Actor Edward Hibbert (currently performing in "Curtains" on
Broadway)
9:30 PM  Peter Scarlet, Executive Director - Tribeca Film Festival

May 15:
7 PM & 9:30 PM: Actress Isabella Rossellini
 
 
Village East Cinemas
181 2nd Avenue, New York , New York 10003 (at 12th Street )
212.529.6998 | Theatre Express Code: 922
 
Daily Showtimes: 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
Advance Tickets:
Available either online at Moviefone.com and
Movietickets.com or at Box Office: $30.00

Tickets at the Box Office (the day of the event): $40.00


-- Libby McInerny
 
 
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  • [TypicalGirls] Fw: 5/12 Laurie Anderson Narrates BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!, Dina Hornreich, 05/01/2007

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