HOLLYWOOD — For filmmaker Ondi Timoner, the path to mind control was paved by rock ’n’ roll. The 34-year-old documentarian became intrigued by brainwashing and groupthink while making her 2004 Sundance Award-winning documentary “Dig!” about the conflicting fortunes and ideologies of two emerging rock groups, the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
The power of control
Documentary film explores the ability to be brainwashed and then escape
Saturday, June 30, 2007 | 12:02 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:38 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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