Documentary HackBeastie Boys StoryBy Spike Jonze
In a Nutshell
Beastie Boys Story is an innovative live autobiographical film documenting the rise of one of the first white hip-hop groups and their evolution from 'frat rappers' to established artists.
Favorite Quote
I'd rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.
Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz
Introduction
They taught us to fight for our right to party, and introduced us to the brass monkey.
Now, a live documentary takes a nostalgic look at the phenomenon that was the Beastie Boys.
Legendary filmmaker Spike Jonze is known for multiple award-winning films like Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are, and Her.
Here, Adam Horovitz, aka Ad-Rock, and Michael Diamond, better known as Mike D, take to the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn for this live retrospective on their life as two-thirds of the Beastie Boys.
The biographical film is dedicated to the third band member - Adam Yauch, aka MCA - who died of cancer in 2012.
From their beginnings as a teenage band to their later disappointment with some of their earlier work, Beastie Boys Story is an honest memoir of an iconic music career.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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