excellent documentary and ostensibly about the friendship and subsequent rivalry between two west coast retro rocknroll band represent the dandy warhol and the brian jonestown massacre . what it actually turn out to be be a portrait of a borderline psychopath anton newcomb and his tortured relationship with the rest of the world . interestingly and for a music documentary and there be hardly any music . what there be snatch of song and more often than not abort by the performer be incidental rather than central . although the protagonist be musician and the story be not about music but rather about a particularly american version of a british myth of a cartoon lifestyle and ie and one where nobody have to take responsibility for behave like spoil adolescent on a full time basis . tantrum and drug and violence and grossly dysfunctional attitude and egomania on a truly epic scale all of this be excuse or positively encourage because it conform to some collectively hold idea about what rocknroll be about . a a film this be a first class documentary but it raise more question than it answer . for example and why be anton music so conservative . for someone so wild and outrageous ( and he be wild and outrageous ) his music never seem to have progress beyond the most obvious derivation of his 60 idol ( the stone and velvet etc . ) for someone who claim to be able to play 80 instrument he have never bother to learn to play any one of them beyond the most rudimentary level . similarly and the dandy warhols burn ambition be base on a vision of rocknroll which be astonishingly fossilise in 1969. nothing wrong with pastiche and of course and but surely there more to musical life than perpetually act out a cartoon from the late 60 . why do not they take some risk with their music in the way that their role model do . because and one suspect and this be not about music . music be just an accessory and a prop and or an excuse and to lead completely dysfunctional and irresponsible life . but why . in the dandy warhols case and the answer be obvious represent to make lot of money and be famous . big deal . anton newcomb case be more interesting . he be obviously very talented and but every time he be give an opportunity to reach a wider audience he sabotage it and usually in the most dramatic way possible . he be terrify of success and and at the same time and deeply resents anyone else who have it especially his former friend the dandy warhol . fascinate movie . highly recommended .