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| Movie Review: Brothers of the Head Alternate Title: Two Heads are Better Than One
Story: Can a film about conjoined
rocker twins be a mainstream hit? Probably not - but I do see this film
becoming a cult favorite down the road. Directors Keith Fulton
and Louis Pepe ( The Man Who Killed La
Mancha) have an interesting career ahead of them and I will be
watching. Filmed in a documentary, cinema verite style
this intriguing story follows conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe, who,
as teens, are sold by their father to an impressario who wants to make
them Rock's next super hit. The time is the 1970's when drugs, sex and
rock 'n roll sure needed something else ...conjoined rockers. The film is haunting, entrancing, sometimes loudly annoying, but always
riveting. If I did not know that this film was fiction I would have
looked these guys up when I got home. It is based on the 1977 novel
by Brian Aldiss and scripted by Toni Grisoni
(Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Acting: Real life non-conjoined twins Harry
and Luke Treadaway knock the ball out of the
park with their performances. You can feel the lonely depth of the emotional
life these conjoined twins led. All of the actors stay in character
during the entire film. Bryan Dick, Tania Emery, Sean Harris,
Tom Bower, Howard Attfield, Steven Eagles and a funny cameo
by Ken Russell.
Predilection: I have always had a long time fascination
with twins, conjoined or otherwise.
Critters: Birds appear in many dream sequences.
Food: Eggs and toast
Soundtrack: Loud and pounding
Theater Audience: Fairly crowded with New Yorkers
wanting to escape the summer heat.
Weather: Mostly filmed indoors where it is dark and
camera jiggly. The dream sequences are sunny and mild.
Sappy Factor: 0
Quirky Meter: 4
Squirm Scale: 2
Drift Factor: No time to drift.
Predictability Level: They speak of the twins in
the past tense which sets up us for the film's end.
Tissue Usage: 0
Oscar Worthy: No
Nit Picking: The camera is too jiggly for my tastes.
Big Screen or Rental: Either
Length: 100 minutes
LOBO HOWLS: 6
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