To call a portrait documentary an “affectionate tribute” to its lesser-known subject, is usually redundant. That’s the whole point of adoring acknowledgment docs of this ilk— “shining a brighter spotlight” on [insert criminally undervalued subject here].
But Edgar Wright’s superb “The Sparks Brothers” documentary—about the inscrutable, feloniously overlooked cult art-pop band Sparks—radiates at such a vibrant, obsessive frequency of passion, it transcends the basic concept.
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