Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Alicia I love this movie so much

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

tomgillespie2002 The fickle nature of the music industry is well known. Most bands will try and flounder with a whimper; true visionaries will fail to find an audience or be deemed as too great a risk by the corporate machine; and the pretty but talent-free will strike it rich with one instantly forgettable tune after another. It's been documented in film before, but never in such brutal, in-your-face detail as Ondi Timoner's documentary Dig!. The cameras followed bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre for seven years, covering their friendship during the bright-eyed, let's-change-the-world beginnings to the bitter rivalry that formed between them as one made it big and the other struggled in infamy.Both bands wanted to start a music revolution - one that would see artists take back control from the industry heads who ultimately lacked vision - by refusing to sell out. The Dandy Warhols' professionalism and willingness to bend as long as it avoided breaking meant that their star rose with increasing speed, before Bohemian Like You was snapped up by a mobile phone company and they became an overnight sensation, particularly here in the UK. This savviness is mistaken for bending over by BJM frontman Anton Newcombe, and soon Dandy lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor is receiving strange packages containing shotgun cartridges. Meanwhile, Newcombe's increasingly threatening behaviour towards everyone around him sees his band often struggle to make it through a set without brawling on stage. BJM were descending quickly from the next big thing to a circus sideshow.Despite the chaos on screen, Timoner never loses sight of Newcombe's raw talent. His actions can be blamed on mental illness, egomania or copious amount of heroin, but he is the real deal, pouring everything into his work and banging out records at a miraculous rate (they released three albums in 1996 alone). The genius and madness meld together to create an image of a man worn down by his philosophy, someone who preached love but only ever gave any to himself. His descent is both tragic and funny, and every fight, argument and storm-out is captured by Timoner's ever-present camera. For a film ultimately echoing Newcombe's views on a corporate mechanism more interested in money than artistry, Dig! somehow forgets the music itself. The odd bar or snippet can be heard here and there, but it's usually interrupted by some act of self-destruction or other. Ultimately however, Dig! is a fascinating study of the idea of selling-out and a must-see for music fans, serving as a cautionary tale for anyone considering starting a band.

cheesecrop Dig! is a very interesting look at a love/hate relationship between two bands, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and the Dandy Warhols. It begins around 1995, and ends around 2002/2003. The documentary is narrated by Courtney Taylor, who happens to be the singer for the Dandy's. He gives a picture of his own group as not being up to the standards of the other, while openly praising the BJM leader, Anton Newcombe.The footage shows Newcombe as being a control freak. At the same time, it is clear he has some talent. Despite this, he tends to sabotage his own chances through some ill-timed decisions. My personal take on the situation is that Newcombe is simply frightened of what pressures success might hold. At some level, he lacks the confidence to take the next step.At the same time, he is clearly jealous of the success that the Dandy Warhols manage to have. The Warhols are slightly more conventional, which makes them appear as the lesser talent. That being said, both bands state that they are attempting to make some sort of musical "revolution", at the beginning. Later in the documentary, one of the Dandy's hits the nail on the head regarding the BJM, noting that revolutions don't work when they stay underground. It's a telling line, as both bands started near the end of a true period of musical upheaval, in the early-to-mid 90's.In the end, neither group ever quite reached the stage of provoking any sort of musical "revolution". Being bands of that particular period, they both made solid, credible rock music, something that we could use a lot more of. That alone makes the film worth a look. It is a truly odd piece, with the more commercially "successful" (if that's what you can call it) group desperately making concessions to the other. The Dandy's are denigrated for their success, while the BJM are given praise, despite the fact that little gets through to back this up. I guess this is supposed to be an "art vs. commerce"-styled logic, but neither art nor commerce is really served here. At the same time, it's incredibly interesting...

kmlewis-1 why did Ondi focus on all the gossip and stupid crap! she had an amazing band to work with (BJM) wheres all the music. wheres the concert footage.why so negative Ondi.i thought i was going to be watching a music documentary. not jerry springer. its frustrating more than anything. i think Ondi didn't like Anton and this movie was like revenge for her. its crap. don't watch but do go and buy or download all of BJM's music. PS who cares about the dandy's all Coutny dose is wine about his "career" PPS i love the line by Anton when he looks at capitol records "i'm not letting some square in a round building tell me what to do.

adamblake77 Excellent documentary, ostensibly about the friendship and subsequent rivalry between two West Coast retro rock'n'roll bands: The Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. What it actually turns out to be is a portrait of a borderline psychopath - Anton Newcomb - and his tortured relationship with the rest of the world. Interestingly, for a music documentary, there is hardly any music. What there is - snatches of songs, more often than not aborted by the performers - is incidental rather than central. Although the protagonists are musicians, the story is not about music but rather about a particularly American version of a British myth of a cartoon lifestyle, ie, one where nobody has to take responsibility for behaving like spoiled adolescents on a full-time basis. Tantrums, drugs, violence, grossly dysfunctional attitudes, egomania on a truly epic scale - all of this is excused or positively encouraged because it conforms to some collectively held idea about what rock'n'roll is about. As a film this is a first-class documentary but it raises more questions than it answers. For example, why is Anton's music so conservative? For someone so wild and outrageous (and he IS wild and outrageous) his music never seems to have progressed beyond the most obvious derivations of his 60s idols (The Stones, Velvets etc.) For someone who claims to be able to play 80 instruments he has never bothered to learn to play any one of them beyond the most rudimentary level. Similarly, the Dandy Warhols burning ambition is based on a vision of rock'n'roll which is astonishingly fossilised in 1969. Nothing wrong with pastiches, of course, but surely there's more to musical life than perpetually acting out a cartoon from the late 60s. Why don't they take some risks with their music - in the way that their role models did? Because, one suspects, this is not about music. Music is just an accessory, a prop, or an excuse, to lead completely dysfunctional and irresponsible lives. But why? In the Dandy Warhols case, the answer is obvious: to make lots of money and be famous. Big deal. Anton Newcomb's case is more interesting. He is obviously very talented, but every time he is given an opportunity to reach a wider audience he sabotages it, usually in the most dramatic way possible. He is terrified of success, and at the same time, deeply resents anyone else who has it - especially his former friends the Dandy Warhols. Fascinating movie. Highly recommended.