The beastieboys on what SpikeJonze made them cut from their documentary
Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond in “Beastie Boys Story,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on April 24.Jason LipshutzInstead of just "weird stories and stupid stuff," the group's new film packs an emotional wallop. Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz explain how their new project became so meaningful.
Yet on a Zoom call in late March -- a few weeks into quarantining -- Diamond and Horovitz are in a jovial mood from separate locations in Los Angeles. Horovitz pokes fun at Diamond’s unkempt hair when he signs on to the video chat , and Diamond starts recounting the late ‘80s infomercial for Flowbee, a vacuum attachment for cutting hair .
And then we talked with Spike as well at that time -- really, I think I was just meeting up with him anyways. That’s the nice thing of having talented people as your friends. We all spun this idea out of,"What if we make it a little bit of a show?" We pick out the places of the book, or the stories within the book, that would basically work as a story as a whole.
The documentary is very reflective -- less a string of stories, and more of an explanation of how you guys were experiencing at all these different points in your career. It’s interesting to hear that Spike had a big part in conjuring that emotion. Diamond: But there were a lot of challenges in there, because we wanted to be honest in terms of reflecting on our own actions about how we dealt with Kate and what it’s like when you’re young and awkward and don’t handle situations well. And with Rick, everybody had a role -- Rick had such an important role of being a producer, but that doesn’t mean we need to be with him forever, that doesn’t mean we see eye-to-eye.
Horovitz: I don’t listen to that much new music in general. I listen to the radio, and I guess if I’m listening to music on the radio, I’m listening to rap music. I just want to give a shout-out to [Afro-jazz legend] Manu Dibango right now.and that is such a great song, why not just keep listening to that over and over again? So great.
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