Composer:
Ken LauberCast:
Taylor Mead, Sally Kirkland, Ultra Violet, Candy Darling, Sam Shepard, Jane Holzer, Tally Brown, Pat Paulsen, Frank CavestaniPlots(1)
Praised by Jonas Mekas in 1970 as "propaganda for the politics of joy and disorder", painter and writer Wynn Chamberlain's BRAND X is back – finally! – to provide contemporary audiences with a strangely refreshing dose of late '60s countercultural humour and political satire. After a successful run throughout the USA in the early '70s, the only print of the film disappeared for almost 40 years before mysteriously resurfacing in its production company's vaults. The film, an anarchic, episodic riff on the irrelevance and crass commercialism of the television programming of its day, features underground superstar Taylor Mead at the height of his inventive insanity. Appearing in numerous unlikely roles, including that of an exercise trainer, a preacher and the US president, Mead is joined by a fantastic cast of Warhol superstars (Ultra Violet, Candy Darling and Tally Brown) and other '60s personalities and anti-establishment figures, such as Sally Kirkland, Sam Shepard, and Abbie Hoffman. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Taylor Mead
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Brothers Till We Die (1978)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Sally Kirkland
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
JFK (1991)
Ultra Violet
France
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Taking Off (1971)
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Candy Darling
USA
Best movies:
The Death of Maria Malibran (1972)
Klute (1971)
Lady Liberty (1971)
Sam Shepard
USA
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Paris, Texas (1984)
The Notebook (2004)
Jane Holzer
USA
Best movies:
Ciao Manhattan (1972)
Tally Brown
USA
Best movies:
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Pat Paulsen
USA
Best movies:
Night Patrol (1984)
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992)
They Still Call Me Bruce (1987)
Frank Cavestani
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
A Few Good Men (1992)