Nazi Pop Twins (2007)

Director: James Quinn

Starring: April Gaede, Lamb Gaede, Lynx Gaede, James Quinn

More info: IMDB

Plot: Filmmaker James Quinn investigates the controversial American pop band Prussian Blue, who are fronted by teenage twin girls. They have made headlines around the world with their white nationalist lyrics and have been associated with neo-Nazism.

My rating: 7/10

Will I watch it again? Perhaps.

Documentaries are a funny thing. For the most part, audiences trust that what they see is the truth and that the film makers are unbiased in the films they present. But then if you've seen a Michael Moore 'doc' then you know that's complete horseshit. A documentary is not much different than it's fictional counterparts in that that director has something to say and uses the camera, music, editing, and so on to tell the audience. Here, the director makes no bones about his intentions. He states that he believes these two young ladies have been brainwashed and manipulated by their family and the white supremacy community in which they live. Fair enough. At least he's honest about it.


Now, here's where the problem lies. When Quinn gets nearer to the end of the rope their mother has allowed him access and he doesn't have the smoking gun to prove himself right, he pushes harder. Now, it seemed to me that he had already succeeded, although it wasn't abundantly clear. You could see that these girls didn't really care to be in this spotlight of being known as the blonde girls that sing the hate songs. They come across as dopey kids and they don't seem like people that hate anything. It's the mother that's filled with rage and hate for all people that aren't white and christian. She's despicable and revolting. Absolute trash.

"I really don't understand how people don't find these hilariously funny."

Maybe that's the problem, lady. You don't understand.

There's a particularly disturbing phone call from their 69 year old jailed father who says, in a roundabout way, that he thinks about them sexually. O...kay....



and it doesn't phase any of them in the least. Oh, that's just Daddy being Daddy! Silly goose.

As far as a film goes, it's very interesting but I have to take issue with the insistence of Quinn to prove his point. As I said, he somewhat succeeded but he also comes across as a hardcore asshole journalist that is bent on making things look the way he wants them. He has the power to do so. It's a mixed bag but I do appreciate his letting us see that he's perhaps too passionate about showing us that these girls are not who we've been led to believe. But there was one thing he failed to expound upon...what were all those Barbie dolls doing in the girls' Thomas the Tank Engine cattle cars play set?