BROTHER VERSES BROTHER
BROTHER VERSES BROTHER comes from director Ari Gold. (The Song of Sway Lake) This hybrid bonanza of music, storytelling, and familial exploration of Ari and Ethan Gold in their search for their father, Herbert Gold, is perfect for the SXSW 2025 audience.
The film is mind-blowing. It is a technical feat of magic, music, and movie-making, filmed in one continuous shot and entirely improvised. The brothers walk around San Francisco looking for both gigs and signs of their dad along the way.
Ari and Ethan are dazzling as foils for each other. Ari is a freight train seeking love and approval, while Ethan is more somber and works through his grief and anxiety through song. I would watch them banter and create live on stage any day. Take my money.
Deeply personal and ceaselessly intriguing, the film is a celebration of the unique chemistry and songwriting between two vastly different men AND an ode to their father and each other. Inject this entire soundtrack into my veins immediately. BROTHER VERSES BROTHER is one giant smirk-inducing dopamine hit.
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Credits
Director: |
Ari Gold |
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Executive Producer: |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Producer: |
Michelle Stratton, Starr Sutherland, Maya Browne |
Screenwriter: |
Ari Gold, Ethan Gold, and the Cast |
Cinematographer: |
Stefan Ciupek, Frazer Bradshaw |
Editor: |
Dan Loghin |
Production Designer: |
The Streets of San Francisco |
Sound Designer: |
Jim McKee |
Music: |
Ethan Gold |
Principal Cast: |
Ari Gold, Ethan Gold, Lara Louise, Brian Bell, Herbert Gold, Tongo Eisen-Martin, John Flanigan |
Additional Credits: |
Colorist: Frazer Bradshaw, VFX : CR Green, Music Mixer: Tony Hoffer, Music Mixer: Justin Bates, Associate Producer: Natasha Nua |
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