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The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Spawned from the intensely collaborative local Australian music scene in the 80's and early 90's, the Dirty Three pioneered the instrumental rock and roll music scene in Australia with their cathartic, sometimes violent and always spellbinding brand of music. Within a few short years, they achieved local and international success and left Australian shores to take their music to the world. To this day the band continues to tour the world and serve music that they see as a real, living and breathing thing that chooses the Dirty Three's custodianship.

Director Darcy Maine's documentary chases the bands history through extensive archival footage and interviews with international luminaries.

Nick Cave, Steve Albini, Ed Kuepper, Bobby Gillespie, Mick Harvey, Catpower, Alexandre Pierrepont, Noah Taylor, Will Oldham and many more jump at the chance to tell their personal Dirty Three stories.

"When you're falling in love or falling out of love, their music is particularly appropriate. You can enjoy them at the best and worst of times." - actor Noah Taylor

"They're utterly unique and absolutely world class." - Nick Cave, The Bad Seeds, Grinderman

"Like a cross between Pagannini and Jimmy Page." - Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream

The live concert on this DVD is also a testament to the band's reach. Taiyo Films took some of Australia's finest Music Video Directors to Tokyo, Japan, to film the Dirty Three playing live in Shibuya at the O-Nest venue. Collaborating with Tokyo based sound technician Satoru Fujii, a very special night in the history of the band was recorded for prosperity. The Australian music video directors were also briefed to capture images of everyday life on the streets of Tokyo which has been used to great effect. The concert sound post produced by Casey Rice and Mick Turner.

The Dirty Three who have held fast to their primary objective through think and thin, that being to server music in the best way they can and not try to control it.

Director Darcy Maine. Producers Nick Batzias, Darcy Maine, Paul Wiegard. Director of Photography Ben Milward-Bason. Copyright Taiyo Films & Madman 2007.

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new york style soggy pizza and pasta, dear london

well after what was an illuminating midnight interview with stave albini, and the luxury of a big ol american style hotel bed, it ws an early wakeup call for the plane to New York city. The plan was t...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:23:00 GMT

dirty three doco has given its director permission to speak

dirty three doco has given it's director permission to speakthats right, i had just endured a hell flight from austin texas via san fran and then over the timeline to chicago. this was to be my luxury...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:06:00 GMT

austin texas

arriving in austin texas to interview brian buscemi, the dirty threes venerable tour US tour manager, my director being a boy from melbourne had this image in his head of oil wells and skyscrapers... ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:26:00 GMT

a sidetracked therapy for my director

dirty three doco is a bit worried about his director, apparently the dirty three doco is to be his last ever music documentary, in a recent interview, my director was heard to mumble"i'm over it...aft...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:50:00 GMT

la story cont

well what happened was catpowers tour manager took my director to the only club int he area, next door, full of giant hip hop dudes and somehow, one of the producers of miami vice was there with his w...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:45:00 GMT

trails and tribulations of the dirty three doco

hi all,dirty three doco here,its been a long hard road for a little doco from melbourne australia, one of the moments that struck me about my time in production, was when my director had to catch 22 f...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:00 GMT