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The ghosts of Spinal Tap haunt the wings of Dig!, a rambunctious documentary classic that charts
the divergent, Cain and Abel-ish course of two American rock bands.Shot over a seven-year period,
Dig! makes for a hilarious, heartbreaking affair.
Timoner's ramshackle epic runs on a rocket fuel of electrifying concerts and absurd backstage shenanigans
and spotlights an alternative music scene split between the sell-outs and the losers.
Xan Brooks, The Guardian.
It’s 1995. Anton Newcombe, the brains and heart behind the band the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is
unspooling a tape by his friends, fellow 1960s pop-rock revivalists the Dandy Warhols. "We’re
going to take over the world," he grins into the camera. For the next seven years, director
Timoner followed both groups on this so-called revolution.
It’s a gripping journey, one that exposes the mercurial mercantilism of the music business
and the perils of genius and egomania.
Marrit Ingman , Austin Chronicle.
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