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director M.A. Littler
country Germany
year 2006
duration 90 minutes
media DV-Cam
color Color
language OF
producer David Meves
production Slowboat Films Phone: (+49) 69-264 94 166 www.slowboatfilms.com david@slowboatfilms.com
cinematography Fadil Polisi, Philip Koepsel, Sinead Gallagher, M.A. Littler
sound David Meves
editor Alexander Schnell
distribution
Slowboat Films
Phone: (+49) 69-264 94 166
www.slowboatfilms.com
david@slowboatfilms.com
?THE DEAD BROTHERS ? Death Is Not The End?, is the intimate portrait of three musicians that couldn?t be any more different.
Alain Croubalian, son of an Armenian Immigrant and a Swiss nurse,
Pierre Omer, son of an Indian Historian and a Genevan mother, as well as Delaney Davidson, a New Zealand native Troubadour and world traveller are the core of one of the most idiosyncratic and unique bands of our time ? THE DEAD BROTHERS.
This film however is not merely a music documentary; it?s rather an exploration of their individual personalities and how their unique biographies have shaped their music.
Alain Croubalian explains what impact the Armenian genocide and the resulting Diaspora had on his family and ultimately on his personal development. He also describes how his life as an immigrant in N. American resulted in his die hard nonconformist stance.
Pierre Omer offers a melancholic and at times ironic insight into his creative process and his personal battle between irony and tragedy.
Delaney Davidson openly discusses his own mortality and which role humour plays in dealing with it.
The bands? music reflects their Babylonian biographies;
Blues meets Chanson, Gypsy Swing meets Vaudeville and Brecht & Weil go for a drink with Hank Williams somewhere in St. Pauli, New York or Marseille.
The bands? provocative yet cheerful performances have meanwhile achieved world wide cult status.
The film shows the band not only on stage at large clubs but also joins them at spontaneous street concerts and jam sessions.
To wrap it all up, we?d like to say we believe to have made a paradoxal film, a balancing act between melancholy and exuberance, as well as existential questions and black slapstick humour.
biography
M.A. Littler
1979: Born in Frankfurt, Germany.
1980 - 1999 several mid- and long-term stays in N. America and Southern Africa.
1985 - 1997: Education.
1999: Mandatory service, followed by honourable discharge.
2000- 2002: Film school in Vancouver, Canada.
2002: Move to Berlin and beginning of "SLOWBOAT FILMS".
2003: Move to Frankfurt, Germany.
2005: Full time dedication to ?SLOWBOAT FILMS?.
