Me and My Brother (1968)
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This documentary about poet Peter Orlovsky's schizophrenic brother, Julius, is a film within a film and is generally regarded as photographer/documentarian Frank's masterwork. Brother Julius spent years in a mental hospital and upon release was put into his brother's care. Frank captures… More This documentary about poet Peter Orlovsky's schizophrenic brother, Julius, is a film within a film and is generally regarded as photographer/documentarian Frank's masterwork. Brother Julius spent years in a mental hospital and upon release was put into his brother's care. Frank captures the brothers' day-to-day lives, as well as a road trip with Allen Ginsberg. At times the film breaks into another film about actors working on a film about them; cinematic devices -- including black-and-white, color cutting, and unsychronized sound -- lend an element of visual "schizophrenia" to the work. One of the players is a young Christopher Walken. The emerging document is a testament to the camera's voyeuristic tendencies and a commentary on the mentally ill in society as well as an investigation into the life of the filmmaker himself. ~ Denise Sullivan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Frank
- Written By
- Robert Frank, Sam Shepard, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 2, 1969 Limited
Critic Reviews
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
The weightiest item in his [Director Robert Frank's] oeuvre.
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Cast
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Allen Ginsberg
as Allen Ginsberg
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Roscoe Lee Browne
as Photographer
- Seth Allen
- Sully Boyar
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John Coe
as Psychiatrist
- Gregory Corso
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Nancy Fish
as Herself
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Virginia Kiser
as Social Worker
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Peter Orlovsky
as Himself
- Beth Porter
- Maria Tucci
- Christopher Walken
- Otis Young
- Louis Waldon
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Cynthia McAdams
as Actress
- Julius Orlovsky
