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Two doctors are identical twins and use this visual mélange to sleep with the same women and manipulate others. This is not completely central to the film, but it's where Cronenberg effectively raises to the top of his creepiness that explores our own dual consciences. If you're not a fan of his regular concentration on venereal horror, this might be the best introduction film to the world of Cron, but it does contain some of that aswell. I really liked this film and I think Irons perfomance(s) is amazing, you're never confused about who's who despite the fact that there are no regular visual clues. Typical Canadian ending, but would you really want anything else in a film like this?

This is easily all around one of the best Canadian films ever

made. Yes it is a mockumentary, yes it is follows around a rock band

(rockumentary) but for every other reason this really should not be

compared to Spinal Tap. It really isn't a comedy, although it has some great moments in it.

It's also not about a band "struggling with fame" which is what

EVERY OTHER rock movie is about (Almost Famous, That Thing

You Do, Spinal Tap, The Doors, you name it). Just four guys

holding on to a dream that should have faded years ago, all the

while trying not to kill each other. I always knew Hugh Dillon was really the lead singer for the

Headstones, so I realized it wasn't really a documentary but

thought Hard Core Logo the band might still have existed and this

was a tribute. Not the case, but that takes nothing away from the

movie. They say not to watch this movie if you're in a band because it'll

make you never want to play. At the same time, I think anyone who

has been in a band will appreciate it that much more picturing how

their little arguments would be amplified to 10 years later. It's an

overall great gut check to picture just ow much you love playing

music, especially if noone wants to listen.

I'm not sure if a single viewing is enough to really judge this film,

but then again I don't know who would want to watch this twice... at

least not back to back. The most interesting thing about this film is the way it is just a

general criticism on America's obsession with action (car crashes

in movies) and sex. Cronenberg just takes the next logical step in

combining the two, somewhat a la George in Seinfeld with food

and sex. Some of it definitely drags, especially the love scene between

Spader and Koteas that for some reason feels too long before it

ever starts. The re-inactment of celebrity car crashes that they go see is

definitely cool though, and somehow realistic of a potential

modern fetish. Still, I like Crony's old stuff much better.