Sex, drugs, rock'n' roll, and conjoined twins!?! The story of The Bang Bang, a 70s punk rock band comprised most importantly by two conjoined twin brothers. "Mixing a lurid, dread-filled gothic style reminiscent of Russell and David Lynch with the documentary aesthetic of Pennebaker and the Maysles brothers, and at the same time evoking the trash-romanticism of Julien Temple's The Filth and the Fury and Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I, Brothers of the Head vividly re-creates the spirit of the 1970s British art/rock scene. The plaintive, furious lyricism of The Bang Bang's songs, which were written and produced by London punk-scene fixture and influential music producer Clive Langer and performed by the actors, anchor the mood in such pitch-perfect historical specificity that the story feels truer than fact...The twins are so magnetic, so wounded and feral and sexy and doomed, that you find yourself longing for a glimpse into their point-of-view, which the movie intentionally—and later, perversely—keeps at a strict remove." (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times) "A work of terrific imagination, visceral punch and gothic beauty...which strikes not a false note and never condescends to spell out its rich ideas about art, exploitation and the mysteries of human connection." (Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter) More at brothersofthehead.com
2005, color, 1 hour 33 minutes, UK