Kafka's Assistants

I've been watching the Elvis movie "Double Trouble." It's kind of a freaky movie. It's got strange (apparent) undercover agents, cartoonish thieves, and weird assistants.

It's the assistants I'm thinking of tonight. They were a comedy team, I guess, called "The Wiere Brothers." They are dressed like secret agents, in matching cream colored trench coats. And if you don't look closely they're virtually indistinguishable, like three men in one.

They remind me of the assistants in Kafka's writings, I guess this would be "The Castle." They're there, they're assisting, but their assistance isn't any good. They do unusual things and it doesn't follow the usual logic.

It's a different kind of movie.