Robert Frank's most ambitious and complex film, an exploration of Julius Orlovsky, the catatonic brother of poet Peter Orlovsky, is ostensibly about mental illness and society's reaction to it. Yet it also explores the complex relationship between cinema and truth, raising questions about voyeurism, the parallels between acting and social behavior, and the creation of illusion to echo reality. Julius relies on his brother Peter, who lives with poet Allen Ginsburg. When Julius wanders off in the middle of filming, Frank hires an actor (Joseph Chaikin) to play the character and begins a fictional version of his psychological portrait. Then, just as suddenly, Julius turns up; he breaks his long silence as he and Frank confront each other through the lens. Frank recently re-edited Me and My Brother in preparation for the striking of this new print.-Paul Roth