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The Brig

Title
The Brig [videorecording] / a Living Theatre production in association with White Line Productions ; produced by David C. Stone ; directors, Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas, assisted by Louis Brigante ... [et al.]
Publication
South Burlington, VT : Mystic Fire Video, [1964]

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Moving imageBy appointment only VTH 2111 BOffsite

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Additional Authors
  • Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019
  • Mekas, Adolfas, 1925-2011
  • Brown, Kenneth H.
  • Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Set in a U.S. Marine Corps prison at Camp Fuji, Japan on one day in 1957. The play evokes a modern inferno in which in which humiliation and brutality are the norm with guards and inmates performing a ritual of degradation. In the circumscribed confines of a chain-link pen, the prisoners are reduced to automatons who must repeatedly request permission to cross imposed boundary lines.
Subjects
Note
  • Based on the experimental play by Kenneth H. Brown.
Credits (note)
  • Writer, Kenneth H. Brown ; photography, Jonas Mekas ; editor, Adolfas Mekas.
Performer (note)
  • Members of the Living Theater.
Title
The Brig [videorecording] / a Living Theatre production in association with White Line Productions ; produced by David C. Stone ; directors, Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas, assisted by Louis Brigante ... [et al.]
Imprint
South Burlington, VT : Mystic Fire Video, [1964]
Credits
Writer, Kenneth H. Brown ; photography, Jonas Mekas ; editor, Adolfas Mekas.
Cast
Members of the Living Theater.
Added Author
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019.
Mekas, Adolfas, 1925-2011.
Brown, Kenneth H.
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher No.
LT3 Mystic Fire Video
Branch Call Number
VTH 2111 B
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