Introducing the 30 seconds to mars award winning documentary
Telling harsh truths about the modern music business, this riveting and award-winning documentary gives intimate access to singer/actor Jared Leto (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Dallas Buyers Club”) and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars as they fight a relentless lawsuit with record label Virgin/EMI and write songs for their album “This Is War.” Opening up his life for the camera during months of excruciating pressures, Leto reveals the struggles his band must face over questions of art, money and integrity.
The documentary features multiple artists besides the band members, Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Damian Kulash (Ok Go), Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Amanda Palmer... Artifact, available on VoD, released December 3rd 2013.
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I didn't know how record companies worked before and I never understood how a band who sold million copies of their album can be in debt after that. What was supposed to be a making of the album "This is War" turned out to be the behind the scenes of a jawdropping lawsuit... Just finished watching it and damn, how depressing. If mainstream artist struggle, I can't imagine how it can be for all the artists out there still trying to make their ways in the industry.