Get your head on straight! This week we tackle the odd little gem from 2014 FRANK the eccentric story of an avant-garde pop band whose leader (played by Michael Fassbender) wears a large artificial head. When we meet them, Frank and his band, the unpronounceable Soronprfbs, are on a ânot-very-successfulâ UK tour. While attempting to rescue their keyboardist from drowning himself after a show, they encounter Jon, a ânot so sure of himselfâ musician who they recruit to the lineup despite his lack of talent.
From there, Jon is invited to join the band in Ireland, where they take root in a secluded country house â a perfect place for composing, what they believe will be, the-greatest-album-ever! But Jon doesnât take the warning that the shoes heâs filling put him in the center of a band full of crazy people. Thereâs Clara, the theremin player who aggressively hates him, Baraque and Nana, who donât seem to speak English other than when it suits them, Don, the manager and self confessed manaquin lover â and, of course, Frank the musical genius lurking somewhere behind his papier mache head. Why? Who knows? Whatâs underneath? Who knows? Where does it get them? Who knows?
âFrankâ is based on the memoir by Jon Ronson and is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey, as well as outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheartâ¦
All of this, plus our Top 3 Fictitious Bands in Movies
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