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Returning to the experience of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Twenties, Luminato and the Toronto International Film Festival Group present Guy Maddin's cinematic spectacle BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! Featuring a narrator, a castrato, three foley artists, and orchestra, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! promises to be an earth-shaking performance that will intrigue viewers long after the show.
With a labyrinthine plot that defies description, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! is equal parts childhood reminiscence, expressionist horror movie, teen detective serial and Grand Guignol reverie. The film follows a character named Guy (played by Sullivan Brown as a youngster and Eric Steffen Maahs as an adult) who has accepted his mother's invitation to return to the island of Black Notch and the orphanage where he was raised. He has come to paint the lighthouse and this marks his first trip back to the island in thirty years. Maddin's furious, dreamy visuals are nearly overwhelming. With his misremembered autobiographical mélange of real and imaginary family drama, he warns that all things will happen again and again, but for those who dare, nothing is impossible. - Stacey Donen
The Elgin Theatre is located at 189 Yonge Street, on the north east corner of Yonge and Queen. To purchase tickets for this event, please visit luminato.com.
From June 1 - 10 Luminato, Toronto's Festival of Arts and Creativity, will take centre stage as the world's newest International Arts festival. Luminato will attract hundreds of thousands of participants to its over 100 events in 2007, and expects to continually grow its program and audiences in the next few years.
Louis Negin is the narrator for Brand Upon the Brain.
Luminato is an annual multi-genre celebration featuring theatre, classical and contemporary music, dance, visual arts, film, literature, and more. The festival will
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