Comments on: Brand Upon the Brain! at the Dryden http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2008/01/12/brand-upon-the-brain-at-the-dryden/ Jayce's blog mostly for JayceLand. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Blog of Jason “Jayce” Olshefsky » Blog Archive » My Winnipeg at the Dryden http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2008/01/12/brand-upon-the-brain-at-the-dryden/comment-page-1/#comment-329 The Blog of Jason “Jayce” Olshefsky » Blog Archive » My Winnipeg at the Dryden Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:27:15 +0000 http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2008/01/12/brand-upon-the-brain-at-the-dryden/#comment-329 [...] reenactments of his childhood? Were the events described real in any way? Does it matter? I had a similar reaction to the feverish dream of his former film, Brand Upon the Brain!. Winnipeg shared the poetic and [...] [...] reenactments of his childhood? Were the events described real in any way? Does it matter? I had a similar reaction to the feverish dream of his former film, Brand Upon the Brain!. Winnipeg shared the poetic and [...]

]]> By: RUDY! http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2008/01/12/brand-upon-the-brain-at-the-dryden/comment-page-1/#comment-107 RUDY! Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:52:09 +0000 http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2008/01/12/brand-upon-the-brain-at-the-dryden/#comment-107 Agreed, this film was beautiful. I loved the reoccurring themes. They're were so many layers, it took days for me to realize the depth. Your scab analogy is apt, but I turn it around. If you allow the act of bleeding to be the event remembered. Then, as you heal, picking the scab nets less and less blood, the re-experience of the event fades with time, which is the crux of memory loss, false memories, and that tendency to supplement what is lost. Agreed, this film was beautiful. I loved the reoccurring themes. They’re were so many layers, it took days for me to realize the depth.

Your scab analogy is apt, but I turn it around. If you allow the act of bleeding to be the event remembered. Then, as you heal, picking the scab nets less and less blood, the re-experience of the event fades with time, which is the crux of memory loss, false memories, and that tendency to supplement what is lost.

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