Me and My Brother (film)

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1969 American film

Me and My Brother

Directed by| Robert Frank
Written by|

* Robert Frank
* Allen Ginsberg
* Peter Orlovsky
* Sam Shepard

Produced by| Helen Silverstein
Starring|

* Julius Orlovsky
* Peter Orlovsky

Cinematography| Robert Frank
Edited by|

* Bob Easton
* Helen Silverstein

Release date

* February 2, 1969 (1969-2-2)

Running time

| 91 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Me and My Brother is a 1969 independent film directed by Robert Frank.[1] The film stars Julius Orlovsky, Peter Orlovsky, John Coe, Seth Allen and Christopher Walken in his feature film debut. It is Sam Shepard's film debut. The film tells the story of Peter and Julius Orlovsky.

## Plot

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The "Me" and "My Brother" of the title are interchangeably Peter Orlovsky (a poet, and protégé and long-term lover of Allen Ginsberg), and his schizophrenic brother Julius. Peter arranges for Julius' release from Bellevue Hospital and proceeds to drag him all over the Beat landscape with a film crew in tow.

Robert Frank does yeoman work following the manic Peter and catatonic Julius from one situation to another until Julius wanders off camera and out of the picture. At this point Joseph Chaikin takes Julius' place and fills in for a time. The overall effect is fascinating, and the film has a great deal to say about what we consider normal and acceptable behaviour vs. what we consider "mad" behaviour.[2]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1969

## References

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1. ^ Weiler, A.H. (1969-02-03). "Movie Review Screen: 'Me and My Brother' Opens: Film by Robert Frank". NY Times News. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
2. ^ "Robert Frank Retrospective: Me and My Brother". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2018-01-04.

## External links

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* Me and My Brother at IMDb

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Plays|

* Icarus's Mother
* La Turista
* Oh! Calcutta!
* Cowboy Mouth
* The Tooth of Crime
* Geography of a Horse Dreamer
* Action
* Killer's Head
* Angel City
* Suicide in B Flat
* Tongues
* Simpatico
* The God of Hell
* Kicking a Dead Horse

| Family Trilogy|

* Curse of the Starving Class
* Buried Child
* True West
* Fool for Love
* A Lie of the Mind

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Scripts|

* Me and My Brother
* Zabriskie Point
* Renaldo and Clara
* Paris, Texas
* Far North
* Silent Tongue
* Don't Come Knocking

See also|

* Family Trilogy
* O-Lan Jones
* Jessica Lange
* Patti Smith
* Brownsville Girl
* Coyote

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