Brothers of the Head
Have Your Conjoined Twin Cake And Eat It Too
Posted by: ThirteenDamnDollars, September 12, 2005 09:29 PM
Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe
Monday September 12, 2:00PM
Paramount
Ok, so in the real world, the movie Brothers of the Head is based on a book of the same name by Brian Aldiss.
In the movie world of Brothers of the Head, this movie is a documentary about a pair or conjoined twins who had a brief rise to rock-stardom in the late 70's, based on the historical account by Brian Aldiss, containing interviews with the book's subjects, footage from an earlier documentary and even scenes from an earlier incomplete film adaptation of the brothers' story.
In the wrong hands, this would be terrible, but in the hands of Fulton and Pepe, it is termendously entertaining, with a kicking punk soundtrack. The conceit of the film within the film allows the dirctors access to the excesses of melodrama and attendant silliness while giving them distance and letting them maintain a knowing wink.
This film feels so real, the viewer feels real saddness for the loss of this fictional novelty punk band, innocence exploited and careers cut short.
Highly recommended.