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The African Twin Towers

2008 · 70 min

A meandering, self-reflexive documentary that feels like watching an artist wrestle with unfinished ideas in a remote, dusty outpost.

Overview: Originally conceived as a film about 9/11, Richard Wagner, and the warrior Hagen von Tronje, to be shot in the German southwest African colony of Lüderitz, Namibia, The African Twin Towers instead turned into an unusually personal and absorbing documentary about an incomplete film and Schlingensief’s art in general.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Art, obsession, identity, politics
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
obsession
identity
politics
isolation
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none