Brand X
The movie for people.
In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and Wynn said he would make a film especially for Taylor. Inspired by the banality of 1960's television, Chamberlain wrote and directed Brand X, an 87 minute series of faux television shows spoofing the politics and mass media of the day, complete with commercials for Sex, Sweat, Computer Dating and Peanut Butter. BRAND X follows Taylor Mead through a day in a wacky television studio as he portrays an exercise guru, a talk show host, a veteran returning from the American Civil War, a hospital patient in a soap opera, the President of the United States and a televangelist giving the Nightly Sermon. BRAND X satirizes President Nixon, the Vietnam War, sex, drugs, computers, money and race relations.
Directed by Win Chamberlain · Written by Win Chamberlain
Cast
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Taylor Mead Viewer / President / Minster / Nurse -
Sally Kirkland Patient / President's Wife -
Abbie Hoffman Policeman (Lawren Order) -
Candy Darling Marlene D-Train -
Ultra Violet Singer -
Tally Brown Talk Show Hostess -
Frank Cavestani Doctor - Susanna Baumgard Patient
- Paul Fagan Surfer
- Jane Holzer
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Sam Shepard - John Rainer Long
Make it a double feature
3h 2m together
Brand X
The Gendarme in New York
A close match in mood and era.
