Also titled in some markets as "Twinsanity", this was an interesting 1970's British horror/thriller. This movie, with its drag queens, gay rape and incest themes, was probably much more of a disturbing freak show in the eyes of a conservative older British audience in 1970 than it is to a modern American viewer. The depiction of the "Aquarius Generation" as infantile, indulgent and decadent shows that although this was advertised as a youth-film, it was really a glimpse at an older generation's perceived horror at what they believed the younger generation was getting up to. In fact, when this movie was released it was targeted by the conservative press as endemic of everything wrong with contemporary British culture, resulting in protests and theaters refusing to show the film.
The soundtrack to the movie unmistakably sets the period and location of this film. The original soundtrack album became a cult classic and enjoyed far more popularity than the movie itself and was a sought after collector's item.
The movie was based on the novel, "Ask Agamemnon", by Jenni Hall. The novel was set up in non-chronological sequence (like "Pulp Fiction") so that the reader encounters Jacki after the murder, as she is in a state of shock and amnesia and follows her as she tries to piece together what happened and locate her brother. The doll, Agamemnon, plays a much larger roll in the novel than it does in the movie as in the novel, the doll guides Jacki through a series of long, Greek- tragedy type monologues.
The real locations used as settings in this film provide a neat glimpse of downtown London in the year 1970. Apparently, the bar scene was filmed at a famous drag queen bar and utilized a famous drag queen that went on to appear in the more appreciated film, Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli.
The relationship between James Harrington-Smith (Michael Redgrave) and Jacki (Judy Geeson) might have been the creepiest part of the whole film. This older distinguished television commentator was enamored by the twins. He stared at them at the house boat party and then later sent drinks over to them in a pub. When Harrington-Smith finds an emotionally unstable Jacki running through the streets of London late at night, he coaxes her back to his apartment and eventually beds her. Even after he discovers that Jacki might have been involved in a murder, Harrington-Smith keeps her as his personal and secret bed mate. But ultimately, when Jacki needs him the most, Harrington-Smith puts his reputation first and lets Jacki down condemning her to whatever fate she may suffer.
I have read a theory that suggest the scene of the twin ghosts killing Clive was direct inspiration to John Carpenter for the Michael Myers with a sheet over his head sequence in "Halloween", but I dont know if I buy that theory.
Goodbye Gemini when later released as a Video Cassette was added to the infamous "video nasties" list of VHS rentals banne
The soundtrack to the movie unmistakably sets the period and location of this film. The original soundtrack album became a cult classic and enjoyed far more popularity than the movie itself and was a sought after collector's item.
The movie was based on the novel, "Ask Agamemnon", by Jenni Hall. The novel was set up in non-chronological sequence (like "Pulp Fiction") so that the reader encounters Jacki after the murder, as she is in a state of shock and amnesia and follows her as she tries to piece together what happened and locate her brother. The doll, Agamemnon, plays a much larger roll in the novel than it does in the movie as in the novel, the doll guides Jacki through a series of long, Greek- tragedy type monologues.
The real locations used as settings in this film provide a neat glimpse of downtown London in the year 1970. Apparently, the bar scene was filmed at a famous drag queen bar and utilized a famous drag queen that went on to appear in the more appreciated film, Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli.
The relationship between James Harrington-Smith (Michael Redgrave) and Jacki (Judy Geeson) might have been the creepiest part of the whole film. This older distinguished television commentator was enamored by the twins. He stared at them at the house boat party and then later sent drinks over to them in a pub. When Harrington-Smith finds an emotionally unstable Jacki running through the streets of London late at night, he coaxes her back to his apartment and eventually beds her. Even after he discovers that Jacki might have been involved in a murder, Harrington-Smith keeps her as his personal and secret bed mate. But ultimately, when Jacki needs him the most, Harrington-Smith puts his reputation first and lets Jacki down condemning her to whatever fate she may suffer.
I have read a theory that suggest the scene of the twin ghosts killing Clive was direct inspiration to John Carpenter for the Michael Myers with a sheet over his head sequence in "Halloween", but I dont know if I buy that theory.
Goodbye Gemini when later released as a Video Cassette was added to the infamous "video nasties" list of VHS rentals banne