D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

2002 · 55 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 156 VOTES · DIR. Michael W. Dean

Overview

This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose Sideshow), Jim Thirwell (Foetus), Lydia Lunch, Mike Watt (Minutemen), Richard Kern (Filmmaker), Ron Ashet

Dialogue Timeline — 981 lines

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00:00:05 What's D.I.Y mean to you?
00:03:45 It's one of the few things in the world that
00:05:56 So when he came to our little area I knew
00:07:41 is what people sometimes think
00:09:39 for that second, that moment, of looking
00:12:04 every major label on some level.
00:13:43 But there were also the times
00:15:50 in the middle selling my work.
00:18:08 selling out or finding a corporate sponsorship.
00:20:13 to my ancestry if I didn't lie
00:22:20 Which at some point I think
00:24:16 So I think, from our point of view, on the one hand
00:26:05 tells them they shouldn't see.
00:28:10 how much my stock options are worth.
00:30:19 and then you figure out that everybody has a different path
00:33:07 even praying a little bit (dare I say that?).
00:35:18 But sometimes you have to.
00:37:00 so involving...I just want to be true to the mood I'm in.
00:39:36 you know, I was not trained. And besides that
00:41:32 they're going to shut the power off
00:43:13 Eisenhower years is when you saw the
00:45:20 even the way you wrap the canvass.
00:47:46 You just fucking do it
00:50:31 you get to ask for things like towels.

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Dialogue Record

Lines indexed981
Dialogue density17.8 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:50:31

Production Record

DirectorMichael W. Dean
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes156