Dig! (2004)
Dig! is a 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. (Palm Pictures)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ondi Timoner
Written By: Ondi Timoner
Starring: Peter Holmstrom, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Zia McCabe, Dean Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Anton Newcombe, Eric Hedford
Genres: Documentary, Music
Country: USA
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MartinTeller | 67 30th |
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Watching these people get into petty squabbles and stroke their competing egos was repellent, but I couldn't turn away. There's some fascinating dynamics on display here, mostly revolving around Anton: the delusional, childlike, narcissistic frontman of BJM. The film is narrated by Courtney Taylor, so it definitely puts TDW in a more positive light than they deserve. It's tempered somewhat by their repeated assertions that BJM's music is genius (hint: it's not) but still seems a bit one-sided.
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| 1 | anderton | 55 39th |
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Technically, it's a horrible documentary. Before Dig!, I was under the impression that BJM were boring and the Dandy Warhols were shitty. I'm under the same impression, although Timoner clearly thinks that ANTON is a genius of some sort and the Warhols are pretty great besides coming off as complete assholes. So is this filmmaking or is this a fanboy following around his favorite bands with a camera? Why ask a rhetorical, the answer is clearly the latter. But it's funny.
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auritech | 70 61st |
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I'm not sure if the film ultimately achieves its aims other than showing Anton Newcombe as a irritating junkie and the Dandy Warhols as, well, just another band, but it's pretty amusing in the first two-thirds. The final third just gets so muddled, I'm not sure what the point was anymore. But the music was good, and the onstage fights were hilarious.
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albrowne | 85 72nd |
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Anton is simultaneously a genuine genius and an ABSOLUTE world-class (s)mug. I love it, so entertaining to watch the BJM crumble endlessly. The Dandys are less amusing but this is a great film none-the-less. Probably helps if you have some interest in the music
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| 1 | theficionado | 75 74th |
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Two bands: One a bunch of hangers-on who deal with perennial violent tantrums from a narcissistic, drug-addled, self-destructive frontman (who just happens to be a great songwriter); the other a bunch of preening, rationalizing dandies (appropriately enough) whose masochistic adoration of said frontman is only rivaled by their fear that he's going to murder them with a shotgun. Really, a fail-safe formula for music doc success.
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roujin | 50 34th |
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This film taught me that if I wanted to be a middling, not really good, one-hit wonder typeish kind of band, I should do more coke.
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| 1 | thesleepwalk | 45 27th |
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Interesting look at a bunch of despicable and overrated musicians.
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AndreasThau | 90 92nd |
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More than just a documentary that shows and comments on life as a musician, whether it be genious, weirdo or none of the two. Honest, though subjective. I love the way it shows so many aspects of the industry, especially the way Europe can mean a surprisingly great deal to American musicians, much to their own surprise. And the characters are unique, so no shit it makes a good film.
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| Average Percentile 65.4% from 370 Ratings |  |