dallasryan A very well made documentary about the band 30 Seconds to Mars' struggle with their record label. A very informative documentary that opens your eyes to the shysters in the music business. Redundant at times, but it needs to be redundant to show the audience what a stressful ordeal and struggle it is to come to a compromise with the shady record label. Jared Leto is very talented, an excellent singer and a true artist all around. I have a much bigger respect for him now. Hopefully more people will see this documentary and will come together as a whole to be the change in getting these money hungry record labels to change the way they do business. I feel very sorry for musicians now, I had no idea it was like this. 30 Seconds to Mars could have kept fighting, but they understood you have to pick your battles. And they won in what they wanted and they also won on an even bigger scope by showing the world in this documentary how awful record labels are. On a final note, I can truly say Jared Leto seems like a really cool guy. I was an actor in a short film once and he was cool with letting the production shoot right outside his house. Not many actors/musicians would be cool with that kind of thing. He truly does fight in many ways for the little guy. Not many like him in the business. He deserves all of his good fortune. Do yourself a favor and see this documentary right away. It's fantastic!

Combat duckie This documentary is technically and artistically well made and I never got bored during the entire film! Loved the acoustic part at the end, too, which was added as a sort of extra for fans of 30 Seconds to Mars music. Even if you've never worked in the industry and are not an artist yourself, you will enjoy this film as the way it's been edited makes it very entertaining to watch. The film basically gives insight into the fight for an artist's rights and the making of the 30 Seconds to Mars album "This is War". One could say ARTIFACT is an indictment of biz practices in the record and music industry screwing artists and basically robbing them of the yields of their work. I have watched the "Special Edition" version and can recommend watching it.

Kas Longton Keenan Downloaded ARTIFACT this morning from VyRT, a unique insight into the exploitation artists suffer at the hands of the big record companies; how signing a record deal and working relentlessly to make incredible music, might bring success, but the price of that success is to be forever in escalating debt to corporate giants who want to own every note you play, every lyric of every song... 30 SECONDS TO MARS (Jared, Shannon, Tomo) stood their ground and fought back against this injustice and made an amazing album, "This is War". I just finished watching, I laughed, I cried, I was inspired!!! Congratulations on a great film/documentary Jared Leto !!!

hhampton2012 Artifact invites you into the experience the band went through while making an album and their surreal battle with EMI. From interviews from artists to professionals in the record industry to vulnerable showing of the band's emotional roller coaster-you'll be glued to the film the entire time. The documentary leaves you with the message to not give up; to fight for what is right and what you believe in. I am so glad I bought it and will watch it many more times. I would share this with friends, co- workers, and my children. Life is neither fair nor perfect no matter how "famous" you are.With my own legal struggles for my kids, I could relate to feeling out of control over something that you brought to life and was every bit a part of your love, energy, and being. And once you make it through the flames, you are forever changed. But in the case of 30 Seconds to Mars, this documentary and the album "this is war" will continue to inspire whether you watch it today, tomorrow, next month, or in 10 years.