Burning Man film recommendations?
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Antistoicus - 09:27pm Oct 17, 2001 PST

Sigh. Things get ever more elaborate.

Here's the story. There is somebody who I mentioned on another thread, a percussionist, who would probably totally get into Black Rock City if he came, and would make a great addition to one of the camps. One of the people from that camp has expressed interest. Now comes the question - how do I "sell" a $200, 2000 mile trip into the desert, to somebody who has no idea of what Burning is? How does one answer the question, "why do you do this"?

This is not a matter of asking "how do you persuade somebody to go". It's more than that. The very concept of "burning" is a completely foreign one, here in the Midwest. Remember, if you're in Chicago, the nearest "wilderness" area is hundreds of miles away, and it's a pretty small, built-up, heavily traveled "wilderness". There are no vast wastelands, waiting to be rented out by BLM - almost all land is privately owned, at this point, and in relatively small parcels. There is just no place where a group of would-be burners could go to escape the world, and make their own reality. So, the problem here, is how to give somebody a frame of reference, some way of having a sense of what it might be like to go out there.

A lot goes into doing that, and I'm open to a broad range of suggestions. Here's a place to start. Which films have you seen, that seemed to best capture the feeling of being there? The only ones that I've seen so far, were Joe Winston's films : "Burning Man : Just Add Couches", and a sequel to that, which I forget the name of. Any others come to mind? Good entries for a Burning Man film festival?

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Here is some of the positive feedback that I saw :
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Q - 10:04pm Oct 17, 2001 PST

Ninja Tune vs. Burning Man

is pretty good.
As well, if you can find the apotheosis of Crimson Rose, it is really great.
Q



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Jim Graham - 09:54am Oct 18, 2001 PST

Two films I like

I have two favorite films. One is Chuck Cirino's 1997 video, aptly titled MCMXVVII3.4 or however you write 1997 in Roman numerals. I think it's being sold on the BM website if Actiongrl would ever get off her duff and fix the RAID card. I'd say more nice stuff about this video except that Chuck has been promising me a tape of the Public Service Announcements he did a couple years back but have I seen it? No. Some gift economy.

There's another one that will start making the film festival circuit sometime soon called "BurnBabyBurn" that I've probably watched 10 times. You can see the trailer for it at www.paynie.com. The trailer makes it look like a music video, but it's a lot more than that. I think there are some clips on the site as well.

The Juicy Danger video is ok -- more a personal journey. The David Sector video "Burn" reminds me of someone's home movie of their vacation to Ohio. Fernando Joe Velasquez's "Burning Man - Where's the Fire" focuses on Pepe's Opera, but it doesn't capture the live experience of standing around in the freezing cold until 3 a.m. waiting for people to get their act together, IMHO.

The EGG Show did a great short piece on last year's event. Not available for sale, though. There are a number of documentaries and TV pieces out there. Discovery Channel runs things now and again. BBC has done some cool stuff.

Here's a link to those that BMORG has given a seal of approval to: BUY BURNING MAN STUFF NOW!.

If anyone has a link to the Ninja piece, I'd appreciate it if I could take a look.



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electrolux - 04:07pm Oct 20, 2001 PST

If you just want to see something that's online, there's a four 5-6 minute videos from 2000 at www.120seconds.com (just type burningman into the search box). They're pretty good, but alas I couldn't get the audio for some reason.



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From the lists :
" If you plan a get together ... I have the 97 Burningman video by Chuck Cirino, and I also have a copy of Dean Mermel's Eye of Rudra, which follows the opera from San Francisco to performance on the playa in 98. "
Also mentioned : "Where's the Fire ?", "Burn !" "Fall of Man' "

Unfortunately, the usual then happened : one of the members of the local cabal decided that he wanted a flamewar, started trolling, and ended the discussion.

Let's return to the discussion of food, now.


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