Tales of the Brothers Quay January 18, 2007

Identical twin filmmakers from Philadelphia by way of London (and planet Mars), the Brothers Quay generate a powerfully specific vision that seldom screens in theaters and yet translates poorly to the small screen. Their combination of homegrown puppetry and meticulously rendered animation draws on classic literature and music rather than other pop references, which elevates their projects regardless of the specific subject — be it skulls and robots, as in Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1986), or ping-pong balls and bunnies, as in Are We Still Married? (1991). In other words, all self-respecting cinephiles must get to this far-too-rare 11-film retrospective. (LR)

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