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Georgia Brown (review date 2 April 1991)

SOURCE: "Seeing Double," in The Village Voice, Vol. XXXVI, No. 14, April 2, 1991, p. 52.

[In the following excerpt from a review of Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies and Patrick Bokanowski's L'Ange (1982), Brown examines the sexual imagery in the Quays' film.]

Those waiting patiently for Gödel, Escher, Bach the movie probably should catch what looks like a made-for-each-other double bill at the Film Forum: Patrick Bokanowski's L'Ange and Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies by the Brothers Quay. This may be where the cinema of science-surrealism-music stands today. The Pennsylvania-born, British-based Quay twins have built a cult following here—meeting even the dopey pretentions of Connoisseur—whereas the French Bokanowski is virtually unknown in the U.S. Unlike the Quays, he isn't strictly an animator—and he's undoubtedly more esoteric—but the...

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1. Introduction
2. ∗Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Mark Le Fanu (essay date Spring 1984)
   2. Tony Rayns (review date June 1986)
   3. The Brothers Quay with Chris Petit (interview date June 1986)
   4. Julian Petley (review date June 1986)
   5. Raymond Durgnat (review date June 1986)
   6. Michael O'Pray (review date June 1986)
   7. Peter Greenaway (review date Summer 1986)
   8. Richard Combs (review date July 1986)
   9. Roger Noake (review date July 1986)
   10. Vincent Canby (review date 29 April 1987)
   11. David Edelstein (review date 5 May 1987)
   12. Amos Vogel (review date May-June 1987)
   13. Terrence Rafferty (essay date June 1987)
   14. Georgia Brown (review date 2 April 1991)
   15. Jonathan Romney (essay date March 1992)
   16. Jonathan Romney (review date May 1992)
   17. Denise Tilles (essay date January 1993)
   18. Michael Atkinson (essay date September-October 1994)
   19. The Brothers Quay with Ryan Deussing (interview date 9 February 1996)
   20. Stephen Holden (review date 13 March 1996)
   21. J. Hoberman (review date 19 March 1996)
4. Further Reading
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