Jonas Mekas
The Brig
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Original format 16mm
Year 1964
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas
Subtitles French
Running time 65 min
Films
THE BRIG (1964) 65'
Description
"The Brig is a raw slice of the new American cinema, filmed on an off-Broadway stage with such brutal authenticity that it won the grand prize for best documentary at the Venice festival. Part drama, part polemic, with shock waves and a nightmare quality that suggests Kafka with a Kodak, the film does exactly what it set out to do—grab an audience by the shirtfront and slam it from wall to wall through one exhausting day in a Marine Corps prison."
— Time Magazine, September 1964