American Fame Part Two: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis

16MM, BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR, SOUND, 15 MINUTES, USA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/EDITOR: CAM ARCHER / CINEMATOGRAPHER: AARON PLATT / PRODUCTION CO: CUT AND PASTE FILMS / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: CAM ARCHER / SCREENING FORMAT: DIGITAL BETACAM, 2005

Cam Archer revisits the life of child actor Jonathan Brandis who committed suicide in 2003. Lydia Lunch narrates this meditation on fame, the actor’s pressure to remain in the public eye and the surreal events in the lead up to his unexplained death.