Heavily inpsired by Chris Sievey's Frank Sidebottom character, it follows the tale of a young musician who's whisked away into the bizarre life of an eccentric musical group and it's mask-wearing leader. Each character suffers from some sort of mental illness but somehow it all seems to work until their order is threatened by the chaos of the mainstream music scene. By studying mental illness and creativity, one can't help but think of Daniel Johnston or Nick Drake and quite often the genius of the music shows it when it's at it's most frail and disjointed. It does an incredible job at portraying the struggles and rewards of creative collaboration just as much as it delights the heart with humor, drama and the bizarre.
4 shiny crazy diamonds out of 5
1 comment:
Interesting. I didn't know Sidebottom was known outside of the UK.
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