'Red Without Blue'

Move over, Arnold and Danny: Identical twins Mark and Alexander Farley are the subjects of "Red Without Blue," a new documentary that chronicles Alexander's transsexualism and its effects on the twins' relationship with each other and their family. The boys, now 23, led seemingly charmed lives until puberty saw their parents split and both boys come out of the closet, which did not exactly go over well in their native Montana. Drugs and sexual experimentation "spiraled out of control," and a joint suicide attempt led to a two and a half year forced separation of the brothers.

These days Mark is an art student in San Francisco and Alex lives as Clair in New York, although Mark certainly gives his sister a run for her money in the Big Lady competition.

The video below is the film's intriguing trailer, but it looks like I've missed all of the local screenings. I'm really hoping for a DVD release -- anyone know if this is going to happen? (Official Site)