WE SEE a kaleidoscope of real and subliminal images. Swans in a pond. A float in a communion parade. A young man punching his reflection in a mirror. A man falls from a window. Swans again. Snow falls on evergreens. An aerial shot of New Jersey's industrial parks like a family of Giacommetti sculptures standing in the snow belching smoke. Peace. Violence. Juxtaposing beautiful images with an undercurrent of rage and uncontrolled excitement, LE MIS POPOTE explores situations, events and feelings that suggest the conflicts inherent in mankind's chaotic life and the world. Mental images, childhood memories and emotions are revealed as dreams or nightmares. the soundtrack and Bramsen's original poetry synthetically generated as voice-over, work to construct a sense of honesty in the subconscious. creating an unorthodox visual atmosphere, the filmmaker uses inventive editing, giving the film edge and nerve. LE MIS POPOTE is frantic, plot-less and extraordinary. The images show new and old moving and still pictures (a retrospective) of Bramsen's work.
—Victor Eremita