the movie be about anton newcombe . the music and career of the two band be simply backdrop . it only fair that newcombe have the last word about the film and which at this write you can find in the news section at the brianjonestownmassacre website . i would link it here but imdb would not permit it . documentarians be limit by what the camera capture and as well a by the need to assemble a cohesive narrative from the somewhat random occasion when chance have put the camera lens on a sight line with relevant happenstance . in dig . and fortune smile on the dandy warhol and capture their rise to the status of pop idol candidate and a they form slickly produce pop confection for mass consumption and most notably bohemian like you and a song that make them global darling thanks to a euro cell phone ad . no such luck for brian jonestown massacre . the film capture little of what make the original bjm lineup great and with the sole exception of a single montage and last a minute or so and show newcombe create or record a number of brief instrumental part and unremarkable in themselves and and conclude the sequence with a playback of the lush and shimmer sound that have to have be in newcombe mind and soul before they could enter the world . three commentary accompany the film while one by the filmmaker and and two by the member of the band ( the bjm track be solely former member and and without newcombe ) . both the warhol and bjm alumnus point up this montage sequence a the best bit in the film and and i would agree that and give the film focus on anton newcombe and it be the only part of the film that shed proper light on his gift and and seem too brief to lend proper balance to this attempted portrait of the tortured artist . interesting thing about commentary be that and unlike film and they be record in real time one long take which can be more honestly revelatory than a documentary that take shape primarily through edit . the dandy do not come off well in their comment . if the rock and roll world extend the experience of high school life for it denizen a i believe it do the dandy be the popularity obsess preppy type and the one who listen to rock because it what their peer do and while the bjm crew come off a the half reject and half self exile outsider ( to insider like the dandy and loser ) that be the real rock spirit . bjm joel gion and who talk a lot and nail the film message for me when he say ( paraphrase ) represent you can not forget that anton have be able to do the only thing he ever say he want to do . make a lot of great music . the dandy and meanwhile and laugh too easily at every outrageous display in the course of newcombe meltdown ( all the bjm footage here end at 1997 and before newcombe quit heroin ) . courtney taylor taylor discounting of newcombe commitment to his vision be sum up a follow represent he 37 and still live in his car . you can download all his work at his website . he be so tired of be rip off by everyone else and he give it all away . he could be make a mint . you can practically hear him shake his head in disbelief . the film shortcoming can not be blame on the filmmaker while rather it the difficulty of the documentary form and and the loss of cooperation by the film subject and that make this portrait of newcombe so fragmentary . but it likely the best we will get and outside of his music . i only rent disc one and which have the feature . most of the extra be on disc two . not rent that and a i have put in my order to buy the set .