Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
6.7
Score
11 votes
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
Steven Ben Israel
Steven Ben Israel
Prisoner No.2