Filmmaker Guy Maddin's intriguing homage to silent films centers on a man (Erik Steffen Maahs) who returns to his childhood home on an abandoned island and uncovers the shocking truth about his mysterious parents. Exploring the orphanage his parents ran when he was a child, Guy unearths a world of disturbing science experiments and diabolical schemes. Narrated by Isabella Rossellini, this unique film recalls some of cinema's earliest works.View Brand Upon the Brain Trailer
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There's a special feature on this disc called "97 Percent True" in which director Guy Maddin claims the film is "poetically true" to his real life. So, he "poetically" lived in a lighthouse where his mad scientist father and butter tossing mother stole the nectar of youth from the brains of young orphans, a plot discovered by a cross-dressing lesbian teenage detective novelist with the hots for his foghorn brainwashed sister? Jesus, Guy. Where was child services when you needed them?
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