#dig!

[allweknewisdead]

DIG! XX (2024) - Ondi Timoner

I'm here to destroy this fucked up system. I will do it. That's why I got the job. I said let it be me; I said use my hands. I will use our strength. Let's fuckin' burn it to the ground!

[titlecards]

Dig! (2004), dir. Ondi Timoner

[tinkertailorsoldierguy]

but it was not river's intelligence

[greensparty]

Fundraiser for Ondi Timoner

There's a lot of fundraisers and Gofundme campaigns right now set up to help those impacted by the L.A. wildfires. Filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her partner Morgan were among those impacted. They lost their home while both were overseas and in addition to personal belongings their film equipment, research, awards, etc were destroyed as well.

Ondi is one of the great documentary filmmakers of our time. I was so blown away by her 2004 years-in-the-making doc Dig! about the friendship and rivalry between indie rock bands The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre after I saw it in the movie theater that I actually reached out to her via her website and she got back to me. I sent her my short film Musician For Hire, which had some similar themes as Dig!, and she gave me some great feedback and we later met up at the Dig! DVD Party in NYC. We have met a few times since and stayed in touch. Since Dig! she has made several fascinating docs such as Join Us about escapees from a cult and We Live in Public about an early dot-com pioneer. In early 2023 I interviewed Ondi via phone about her phenomenal and deeply personal documentary Last Flight Home (which I named Best Documentary of 2022) and she was super cool (as usual).

me with Ondi at the Dig! DVD Release Party in NYC on 4/11/2005

I donated to the Gofundme for her and I encourage you to consider donating if you can: https://gofund.me/01daa3ec

[missshame]

[layedovergreenery]

i just wamt to interact w cool people ill tag stuff idkkkkk

[esperwatchesfilms]

Dig! (2004)

ESE: 25/100

50 +10 for titties -10 for narcissistic bullshit -10 for F-slur -10 for Anton Newcombe AND The Brian Jonestown Massacre in-fighting +5 for The Dandy Warhols being properly productive -10 for Anton’s father killing himself on Anton’s birthday +5 for the photo shoot at the BJM house +5 for Zia -10 for Anton suggesting police search his van full of drugs in Georgia +5 for Courtney Taylor -10 for R-slur +10 for the wise decision to send Joel instead of Anton to NY -10 for the creepy “present” Anton gave The Dandy Warhols +10 for The Dandy Warhols’ success in the UK and the rest of Europe -5 for an obviously biased viewpoint