Brothers of the Head
The explosive story of shadowy cultural icons Tom and Barry Howes, conjoined twins from an isolated wasteland on the East coast of England. Plucked from the safety of their isolation in the mid 1970's, they were groomed by one of rock's leading impressarios to be part of the bureoning English punk rock scene, soon to take the world by storm. Sharing remarkable talent the twins easily rose to the challenge, quickly producing material that left them poised to make a commercial breakthrough. Their already complex situation became intensified with the introduction to journalist Laura Ashworth who quickly moved from the band's rehearsal room to the twins' bed.
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A powerful faux rock doc - eoguy
The genre of the "mockumentary" has become quite prolific, usually done as comedy, but this one approaches it from a perfectly straightforward and serious approach. The story of conjoined twins, set in 1975 at the apex of the punk movement, who become a punk band. One plays guitar and one sings and if one didn't know this was a "mock" you would swear it was a real documentary. The twins, played by Luke and Harry Treadaway, are outstanding in almost every respect. They present themselves as a band with quite touching and evocative songs and the club performances are as real as any punk band bash I have ever seen and I have seen many, including "The Clash","X","The Germs" etc. The style of filmmaking is the techinical brilliance but the relationship between the 2 brothers is what drives this emotionally and electrifying charged piece. I recommend this to all fans of film and especially this particular genre.Pointless and pretentious - aeg-
I'm not sure what the point of this movie is. The faux or mock documentary is a stale gambit and this one uses that format to pointless effect. It doesn't use it for humor but then why bother using it? The film certianly isn't very funny. Is it trying to say something about the emergence of glam/punk music in England? Velvet Goldmine is flawed but it's a masterpiece in comparison. This one is dull, dreary and pretentious
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A powerful faux rock doc - eoguy
The genre of the "mockumentary" has become quite prolific, usually done as comedy, but this one approaches it from a perfectly straightforward and serious approach. The story of conjoined twins, set in 1975 at the apex of the punk movement, who become a punk ...Pointless and pretentious - aeg-
I'm not sure what the point of this movie is. The faux or mock documentary is a stale gambit and this one uses that format to pointless effect. It doesn't use it for humor but then why bother using it? The film certianly isn't very funny. Is it trying to ...