Cave Dreamer

Series
The Other Side
Original Broadcast Date
1/6/2001
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 59 minutes
Preceded by:	At The Dark End Of The Bar (Remix)
Followed by:	Insomnia (2001)
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I'll always remember the great drought, when it didn't rain for two years.

Cave Dreamer is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on January 6, 2001.

Synopsis

• A great drought decimates a village and is followed by flood.
• A band of raiders attacks a village and cuts off the thumbs of the villagers.
• Joe is a dictator in a fortified underground bunker. He delivers a speech on the battlefield. Sounds of battle.
• Eating dirt.
• Joe claims his is on the verge of victory as his forces are decimated, taunts the enemy.
• A siege on the city, human artillery.
• Joe falls for Magda, a contortionist in a circus.
• Carnival as the hopeless, besieged city indulges itself followed by a city-wide nervous breakdown.
• A Trojan horse.
• The dictator addresses the public and demands their allegiance to his god-like power.
• The dictator contemplates nothingness and defeat, alternative careers.
• A defiant address.
• "Help me unravel this knot and find my way back to the town where I first saw you, where all this started, this thirst"
• A sideshow of the dictator's in various poses.

Music

• "They Drive by Night" - David Van Tieghem (from Strange Cargo, 1989) | YouTube [Intro]
• "Nalelela" - Ray Lema (from Gaia, 1990) | YouTube [17:38]
• "Principles of Lust" - Enigma (from MXMXC a.D., 1990) | YouTube [24:09]
• "One More Night" - Can (from Ege Bamyasi, 1972) | YouTube [36:44]

Shared material

• The Dictator (Part 1)
• The Dictator (Part 2)
• The Dictator (Part 3)

Miscellanea

A one hour remix of material from The Dictator.