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'Sparks Brothers' Review: Edgar Wright's Playful Doc About Elusive Band


‘The Sparks Brothers’ Film Review: Edgar Wright Makes Playful Documentary About Elusive Band Sparks
Sundance 2021: Wright tackles the idiosyncratic, influential band without ever giving away too much or losing an air of mysterySteve Pond | January 30, 2021 @ 5:30 PM
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Courtesy of the Sundance Institute
Near the beginning of Edgar Wright’s documentary “The Sparks Brothers,” actor Jason Schwartzman comes on screen to make an unusual admission. “Honestly, I don’t want to see this movie,” he says of the film about the rock band Sparks. “I don’t want to know too much about them.”
It’s a playful admission and an interesting way to kick off two hours and 20 minutes that tell us a whole lot about Ron and Russell Mael, the brothers who make up Sparks. After all, if one of the people that Wright has recruited to tell us how great they are doesn’t even want to watch the film, what’s the point? ....

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