
Self Portrait in Brains
1978, English. Directed by Jimmy Dobbins & Brian Yuzna.
High Crime is High Art
Brian Yuzna's debut amateur movie is, in his own words, about an artist who blows his brains out against a canvas for art and becomes a protagonist as a hologram.
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- Unknown
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1978
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Jimmy Dobbins, Jeffrey Miller, Brian Yuzna
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Self Portrait in Brains isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Self Portrait in Brains?
Self Portrait in Brains (1978) was directed by Jimmy Dobbins and Brian Yuzna and stars Billy Arthur Jr., Lou Bello, Kim Brattain.