Cave Dreamer
From The Joe Frank Wiki
I'll always remember the great drought, when it didn't rain for two years.
| 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) |
| Purchase or Stream | |
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]
Miscellanea
A one hour remix of material from The Dictator.
