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Since watching this movie almost a week ago, I can think of little else. I am spellbound by it. I watched it a second time the next day. If you are considering watching or purchasing this DVD, here's what you need to know:
The movie is beautifully artisitic, without being inaccesible. The acting is superb, the dialogue enchanting, and the humor in this serious movie is gentle.
The pace is slow, dreamlike, exploratory. There is no big to-do to cheapen the end. Instead there is a feeling of "this is just a piece of life, it began before you started watching, and it will keep going after you get off your couch" Its like watching someone very intriguing in the airport, overhearing a whispered argument or a whispered profession of love, and having your flight called before you can hear how it ends.
If you like action and tidy endings, this is not your film. But if you like dreamy glimpses at the way others might live, this movie will keep you awake for a week thinking of nothing else.
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While in some ways an interesting look at a subject that has not been explored much (at all?) in film, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in a while.
The script, direction, acting and cinematography are self-conscious to the point of being over-the-top. There are numerous scenes where you could say "ah I see that's supposed to symbolise THAT" - there is nothing subtle about Twin Falls Idaho, regardless of its slow pace. Everything is delivered to us with a film-school handbook about metaphors and mood lighting.
People have compared the Polish brothers to David Lynch and other directors of his style. Unlike David Lynch's films, this one leaves NOTHING to the imagination. It just looks like it does.
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I laughed, I cried and I just wanted to hug Blake and Francis!
Twin Falls Idaho was a touching story and I will watch it over and over again...and still want to hug Francis and Blake!
Is there a fan site where I can write to the Polish brothers?
Buy the DVD, VHS or what ever platform suits your taste, you'll feel for the main characters and will want to hug them too.
Blessings 2 all!
Chelle
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Penny is a prostitute and twin brothers Blake and Francis are a couple of her tricks. The only hitch in the connection is that the brothers are conjoined twins. Penny is initially repelled, but then is drawn back into their world. She plays healer and assists the brothers while one of them recovers from a heart ailment. Slowly, but surely she falls for Blake. She becomes their protector and their tormentor too.
Real twin brothers - the Polish brothers - portray Blake and Francis. The two of them wrote the script, and brother Michael directed. This is their first film, though it will surely not be their last. What should be a horrible mess of a production merely based on its odd, off-center subject matter, is a hypnotic view of conjoined twins. The Polish brothers portray their roles so well, that I wanted to know how they managed to find conjoined twins so attractive and with such strong acting ability. In other words, it is a credit to their craft that they had a sad skeptic such as myself, believing that they were really conjoined twins.
With supporting roles (or enlarged cameos) are Garrett Morris and Lesley Anne Warren.
This film is not fluff. It takes us on a journey where we know that tragedy must come. But as Blake says,"There are no sad endings, only endings where the storyteller stopped telling the story."
You really shouldn't miss this one!
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I watched this film on IFC, and was absolutely captivated with the subtle depth and compassion for humanity that was displayed. The Polish brothers clearly understand (and demonstrated in this film) an inherent closeness and intimacy that it seems only a few, very fortunate people ever experience.
It begins as kind of a black comedy - very surreal and somewhat humorous. I found myself embarrassed to be laughing at the film and to me, this is characteristic of a true black comedy. It evolves into a dramatic masterpiece that, for me, faciliated greater objectivity and understanding for all mankind.
One would think that a film about conjoined twins and their relationship with a hooker would be tasteless and even irreverent. This film was everything but irreverent. It addresses the issues that are inherent to being forever connected to another, and inherent to the potential loss of that connection. Whether the viewer takes the Polish brothers' "conjoined" message as literally or figuratively, it's a very powerful message. It communicates the primal pain that can be caused by societal cruelty and ignorance. It also encourages open-mindedness and objectivity for the perceptions and experiences of others. It transmutes the feeling that accompanies the experience of stretching one's comfort zone to make room for the love and acceptance of people who might be feared and labeled as less than normal. Most importantly, it brilliantly explores the experience of loving another as much as (or more than) oneself. It radiates the concept of unconditional love.
I had never heard of the Polish brothers before this film, but I am in awe of the talent, perseverence, research and deep introspection it must have taken to make this film. Don't miss it.
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