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Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.Read moreLess
Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.
The story
Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.
Cast & crew
Warren FinnertyLintzHenry Howard
Henry HowardCpt. GraceTom Lilard
Tom LilardWardenJames Tiroff
James TiroffPrisoner No.1Steven Ben Israel
Steven Ben IsraelPrisoner No.2
Rufus CollinsPrisoner No.3Gene Lipton
Gene LiptonPrisoner No.4Michael Elias
Michael EliasPrisoner No.5William Shari
William ShariPrisoner No.6Viktor Allen
Viktor AllenPrisoner No.7
George BartenieffPrisoner No.8Gene Gordon
Gene GordonPrisoner No.9Explore the crew
- Director
- Jonas Mekas
- Writer
- Kenneth H. Brown
- Producer
- David C. Stone
- Editor
- Adolfas Mekas
- Director of Photography
- Jonas Mekas