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[An] unflinching look at the rock world.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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Dig!
Overview
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.
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Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a classic music soap opera, but never told with a more raw scream for help at its center.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
I must admit that I came out of DiG! with a certain degree of admiration for Newcombe -- and for this documentary.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Fresh
In a year that has seen several fascinating documentaries on famous rock stars and their problems, Dig! stands out for being about musicians who only think they should be famous. And, man, do they have problems.
Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Its power comes from Timoner sticking with the story over the long haul -- on the road, in hotel rooms, backstage -- getting in-your-face footage and telling a good tale with it.
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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