How do you work with someone you love without killing each other? Whether producing, writing, directing, or acting, the Duplass Brothers have made their mark in the world of independent film and television on the strength of their quirky and empathetic approach to storytelling. Now, for the first time, Mark and Jay take readers on a tour of their lifelong personal and professional partnership inLike Brothers, a unique memoir told in essays that share the secrets of their success, the joys and frustrations of intimate collaboration, and the lessons they’ve learned the hard way.
Part coming-of-age memoir, part underdog story, and part insider account of succeeding in Hollywood on their own terms, Like Brothers is also a surprisingly practical road map to a rewarding creative partnership. From a childhood spent wielding an oversized home video camera in the suburbs of New Orleans to their shared years at the University of Texas in early ‘90s Austin, and from the breakthrough short they made on a $3 budget to the night their feature film Baghead became the center of a Sundance bidding war, Mark and Jay tell the story of a bond that’s resilient, affectionate, mutually empowering, and only mildly dysfunctional. They are brutally honest about how their closeness sabotaged their youthful romantic relationships, about the jealousy each felt when the other stole the spotlight as an actor (Mark in The League, Jay in Transparent), and about the challenges they faced on the set of their beloved HBO series, Togetherness—namely, too much togetherness.
From their obsession with people-watching at airports, to their always-evolving “top 10 films of all-time” list, to their personal email conversations, to their defense of Air Supply, Like Brothers is as openhearted and lovably offbeat as Mark and Jay themselves.
The Duplass Brothers’ Book Tour
New York, NY
Alamo Drafthouse with Books Are Magic – 5/7
Symphony Space – 5/8
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Associates at the Hirshhorn Museum – 5/10
Austin, TX
Alamo Drafthouse with BookPeople at First Baptist Church – 5/11
San Francisco, CA
The JCC of San Francisco with Green Apple Books, the Alamo Drafthouse and SFFILM – 5/12
Los Angeles, CA
Book Soup at the Regent Theater DTLA – 5/16
LIKE BROTHERS is currently available for pre-order and will hit shelves on May 8th
