{"identifier":"RV-Brig_6312087057112","browse_author":"Jonas Mekas (Director), Adolfas Mekas (Editor (film or video)), Kenneth H. Brown (Original Author), David C. Stone (Producer) and Revoir Video (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_filmmedia"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350906945,"description":"The Brig is a modern Inferno. The men who enter it abandon all hope of mercy. Here, hell is a Marine Corps prison in which humiliation and brutality are dished out according to the book, with guards and inmates performing a mad ritual of degradation... A metaphor of protest against man's meaningless inhumanity to man, \"The Brig\" by Kenneth H. Brown, began as a production of the Living Theater, New York's most important avant-garde company. When tax collectors closed its tiny second-foor auditorium in Greenwich Village, Jonas Mekas, editor of Film Culture and reporter on the New American Cinema for the Village Voice decided that the play had to be preserved on film. To do this, director Judith Malina and her actors had to break into their own theater during the night for one last performance (with no retakes) for the benefit of Mekas' cameras... From the moment they awake, the prisoners are at rigid attention. Throughout the men are taunted and beaten by the guards, who often don't even require a pretext for their brutality. What Brown shows so damningly is the insanity that results when a form of government permits men to have other unchecked power over other men. The guards have been turned into sadistic monsters. One is left with the sense of the sheer stupidity of the penal system, for what it accomplishes is not punishment but the destruction of the individual. - Los Angeles Times, August 1965. Produced by David C. Stone Stage play written by Kenneth H. Brown. Stage Production by Julian Beck and Julith Malina Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has often been called \"the godfather of American avant-garde cinema\". His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals worldwide. The brig: Stage play written by Kenneth H. Brown; stage production by Julian Beck and Judith Malina. With The Original Cast of The Living Theater. Language - English","videoId":6312087057112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_filmmedia","title":"The Brig","xml_source":"bvl_filmmedia_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"RV-Brig","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/6fb3881c-f34b-4edf-b5ce-271d43ed9f47/49b98420-9956-4cc5-b0fc-1fb5274bab9c/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"theatrePerformances , Theatre performances , drama , Drama , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , avantGarde , Avant-Garde , symbolism , Symbolism , genderAndIdentity , Gender and identity , crimePunishmentAndJustice , Crime, punishment and justice , power , Power , revolutionsAndCivilUnrest , Revolutions and civil unrest , violence , Violence , made_19601969 , 1960\u20131969 , english , English , japan , Japan , origin_lithuania , Lithuania , video , Video , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , asia , Asia , origin_europe , Europe , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , identity , Identity , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":1964,"territorial":"AS CA GU MP PH PR UM US VI","publisher":"Revoir Video","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"RV-Brig","facet":["artsAndLiterature","asia","avantGarde","crimePunishmentAndJustice","drama","english","filmAndCinema","genderAndIdentity","identity","japan","made_19001999","made_19601969","origin_europe","origin_lithuania","power","revolutionsAndCivilUnrest","societyAndSocietalIssues","symbolism","theatrePerformances","video","violence"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Jonas Mekas~Adolfas Mekas~Kenneth H. Brown~David C. Stone~Revoir Video"}