DIG! XX

DIG! XX is the 20th anniversary edition of the rock documentary DIG! (2004), which adds forty minutes of never-seen-before footage and new narration by The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Joel Gion.

The film looks at the collision of art and commerce through the star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry of dueling rock bands — The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry.

“Constantly entertaining as it parades no end of fascinating egos and hilarious pretentiousness, this ultimately proves to be a literal showbiz tragicomedy, as it juxtaposes the confidence and calculated success of Courtney Taylor’s indie pop-stars against the harrowing self-destruction of BJM’s Anton Newcombe.” ~AroVideo (2004)