Red Without Blue
by Brooke Sebold, Todd Sills, Benita Sills
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Actor: Clair Farley, Jennie Farley, Jennifer Jordan, Mark Oliver Farley, Scott FarleyDirector: Benita Sills, Brooke Sebold, Todd Sills
Brand: CINEMA LIBRE DISTRIBUTION
Cinematographer: Brooke Sebold
Editor: Brooke Sebold
Producer: Brooke Sebold
Writer: Brooke Sebold
Cinematographer: Todd Sills
Producer: Todd Sills
Writer: Todd Sills
Editor: Benita Sills
Producer: Benita Sills
Writer: Benita Sills
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Cinema Libre
Movie Reviews of Red Without Blue
Movie Review: absolutely fascinating and thought-provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an oddly fascinating and thought-provoking film that I keep thinking about. It is about identical twin boys who have an idyllic early childhood in Montana, recognize their homosexuality, grow apart, become rebellious drug abusers as teenagers, attempt a joint suicide, are shipped off to separate boarding schools and denied contact with one another, and later reunite. As young adults, one of the twins identifies as transgendered, which the other twin reads as a personal rejection, but later comes to understand and support. The film culminates with Clare's surgery and emergence as a more confident woman, and shows Clare's acceptance as a woman by both her twin and by her parents. Meanwhile, Mark struggles with finding a positive romantic relationship and preserving that relationship, once found.
Okay, that's a lot to pack into one movie, but it never seems over the top, preachy, or overdone. The characters are all very real -- revealing their frustrations, anger, and vulnerability, as well as their tender sides. In the beginning, Clare comes across as whiny and self-pitying. Her twin, Mark, comes across as resentful and a tad self-centered. Their mother comes across as frustrated and not-wholly-accepting of her son & daughter. As the characters reveal more of themselves, they all become much more likeable and real. Clare, in particular, is much more attractive as a person once she settles into her womanhood and Mark is much more likeable once he has accepted Clare as she is.
Clare and Mark must be very bright and very talented and somewhat well-off, as they don't appear to face financial struggles (Clare goes to Sarah Lawrence and takes a cab to school each day. Mark is in art school.)
The film is very "real" and very "intimate" for lack of a better description. It doesn't appear to be contrived or staged, and much of the camera work is done by Mark & Clare. It gives you a behind the scenes look at their relationship, their struggles with family and parents and friends, and their personal struggles. By the end of the film, I found both of the main characters to be intriguing and likeable, and the film leaves me wanting to know more about them and hoping that they find success and happiness in life.
Summary of Red Without Blue
Probing the close yet emotionally fraught relationship between two gay identical twins this intimate documentary examines the troubled history of Mark and Alex (which includes a double-suicide attempt) as well as their problematic present. As one of them prepares to undergo a sex-change operation the film explores the meaning of sexual identity and its effect on family relationships. Genre: DRAMA UPC: 881394103429 Manufacturer No: CLS1034Similar DVD Movies
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