What the eff happened to The Hughes Brothers? justjudith (check out her blog) not only leaves great comments, she brought up this great question as well.
To tell the truth, I had forgotten about co-directors the Hughes Brothers (Allen and Albert), which is weird, cause they were boiling hot in the 90's. Some of their movies are black film staples; Menace II Society, Dead Presidents, American Pimp, all made while still in their 20's. They had the best gimmick of being twins, and had a huge amount of charisma. I used to see them around, and even if you didn't know who they were, you could tell they were doing something big.
They made the Jack The Ripper/Johnny Depp film "From Hell" that was hugely anticipated, then just as hugely thrashed. I loved it though; it was an interesting take on the Jack the Ripper genre, and was one of the most visually arresting films I can think of to this date. After that they seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth.
No milk carton necessary here, though. After a quick look at IMDB I see the brothers have been working it out in television. After "From Hell" I can only imagine that their disgust with the Hollywood System far and away surpassed mine. I hope they come back.
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