DIG
Directed by Ondi Timoner
Year of production :
2003
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Language: English
Country: USA
DIG! is the feature-length documentary
shot over seven years about musicians Anton Newcombe,
leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney
Taylor, head of The Dandy Warhols – star-crossed
friends and bitter rivals.
From the moment they met, The Dandy Warhols and the
Brian Jonestown Massacre quickly bonded over a desire
to not conform to the tastes of the recording
industry. Yet the bands’ choices over how to express
their creativity and originality in a profit-driven
industry eventually put them at irreconcilable odds.
Culled from 1,500 hours of footage and narrated by
Courtney Taylor, DIG! follows the underground giant
Anton Newcombe, unearthing him to be an important yet
largely unnoticed artist of our time.
