Ignorant Movie Review:  Brothers of the Head

Response to title:  What is that?  Oh yeah, I saw the preview last week.  I'm going to have to make a point of missing the previews, somehow or other...

Response to curbside poster:  Rawk on!  Arrrrrrrr conjoined twins split by an...acoustic guitar?  Oh, I know...Conjoined twins torn twosome by their love of music; one loves Dokken and the other Folk Rockin'!

Response to movie:  There is a lot going on in this movie and I'm still struggling with it.  The movie itself is a serious This is Spinal Tap in that it too is a Mock Rockumentary (Rockumocktary?), and instead of having a cheap prop for a gimmick the band is built around a singer-guitarist conjoined brother act.  It is set in the present, yet the majority of the movie takes place in early 70's England.  The director of a fictionalized movie based on a book about the brothers is interviewed; likewise the book's author.  A woman is involved (shedding new light on Yoko?).  They even directly address the aspect of exploitation in the act, which struck me because a lot of the initial appeal of the movie is the bizare subject matter.  So...perhaps a commentary on how our interest in and subsequent exposure of the different isn't simply reductional to exploitation, rather, we're people and we seek out and champion these differences?  As this entire movie only alludes to reality it seems the premise is about the exploitation of the audience (modern movies? modern music? modern art?) rather than the artist.  And the conclusion...I don't know, maybe you can go watch it and educate me.

Rating: 4 Oly Stubbies and some backwash

Film Haiku:  Lonely house secret
                seeks mutual connection,
                "that's where I found'em."

Can be seen:  Olympia Film Society
                       206 5th Ave N.
                    Olympia, WA  98501

            Wednesday, September 27 @ 9pm
            Thursday, September 28 @ 6:30pm