Artifact
2012 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 7.5 · 84% critics
This documentary follows a rock band as they record a new album while locked in a high-stakes dispute with their record label. Through studio footage, negotiations, and interviews, it explores how contracts, money pressures, and the digital era can collide with creativity and an artist’s right to control their work.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-09-14
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (77 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an inside look at how music careers collide with contracts, lawsuits, and creative control, in the vein of Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy; Not for you if you dislike long, talk-heavy documentaries or repeated points.
Pros: eye-opening industry insight; emotional and inspiring; engaging band access | Cons: feels too long; can be repetitive; sometimes unclear focus
Themes
- record label
- recording studio
- recording session
- music industry
- music documentary
Cast & crew
Jared Leto
as Self
Shannon Leto
as Self
Tomo Miličević
as Self
Chester Bennington
as Self
Serj Tankian
as Self
Bam Margera
as Self
Flavor Flav
as Self
Irving Azoff
as Self
Brandon Boyd
as Self
- AC
Angelica Cob-Baehler
as Self
Directed by Jared Leto