Me and My Brother (1969)
Genre: Drama / Documentary
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Frank
Stars: Julius Orlovsky, Peter Orlovsky and John Coe
IMDb score:
6,4 (178)
Releasedate: 2 February 1969
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Me and My Brother plot
Frank says he originally planned to make a film about a poem by Allen Ginsberg. During filming, the focus shifted to Ginsberg's partner, Beat poet Peter Orlovsky, and his brother Julius. The catatonic Julius had just been released from a mental institution, where he had received electroshock treatment for his schizophrenia. The experimental, disruptive form of the film seems to reflect the way in which Julius experiences the world: detached from reality. "All the events and people in this film are real," reads a caption that appears at the beginning. "Everything that is unreal is nothing but my imagination." The viewer has been warned. There are images of a performance by Peter Orlovsky with Ginsberg, with Julius on stage, and of the two brothers in the apartment they share. Julius is visited by a psychiatrist...
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