Blood Brothers (And Sisters)
David and Nathan Zellner's new film, 'Damsel,' is just the latest example of a growing Hollywood trend
It’s Christmas morning 1984, and two brothers, 8 and 10, impatiently tear at the wrapping paper on a large box. Inside? A Quasar video camera and VHS player deck. From then on, every weekend was dedicated to making movies. They copied the ones they loved—Rambo, The Road Warrior, Excalibur—and slowly developed a voice of their own.
That story belongs to filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner (aka the Zellner Brothers), whose new film, the darkly satirical Western , starring Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson, opens June 22. But the story is not unique: In the past decade, sibling filmmaking has exploded, with Mark and Jay Duplass (, ), Anthony and Joe Russo (), Matt and Ross Duffer () and John and Drew Dowdle ().
