Winchester Film Society  
14th - 17th September, 2006
 
 

DiG!

 

poster

 

Sunday, 17th September 2006 - 4:00pm
Tower Arts Centre
Tickets £3.50

Year: 2004
Runtime: 107 min
Country: USA
Format: DVD
 
Directed by:
Ondi Timoner
 
Cinematography by:
Vasco Nunes
David Timoner
Ondi Timoner



 
 
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.