Directed by:
Greg HarrisonScreenplay:
Greg HarrisonCinematography:
Matthew IrvingCast:
Mackenzie Firgens, Chris Ferreira, Lola Glaudini, Steve Van Wormer, Ari Gold, Rachel True, Jeff Witzke, Nick Offerman, Hamish Linklater, Rob Schröder (more)VOD (1)
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Midwest transplant and aspiring novelist David Turner (Hamish Linklater) is an overworked recluse who writes computer manuals. One Saturday night, his brother Colin (Denny Kirkwood) invites him to a secret rave at a San Francisco warehouse. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to his new girlfriend, young raver sprite Harmony (Mackenzie Firgens). In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. His chance connection with longtime raver Leyla (Lola Glaudini) awakens in both of them a long-lost sense of possibility in their lives. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a secret that threatens his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises, the party disappears, but the last 12 hours has changed the two brothers forever. (Cinemax)
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A total filmmaking madness that attempts to document a techno/rave/hardcore party in the middle of the American music jungle at the turn of the millennium. What’s definitely interesting about this movie is the storytelling value which – quite exemplarily – points out a whole range of moments that have happened to everybody who has ever attended a similar event, whether as a DJ or as a visitor, whether they were high (majority), drunk (majority) or completely sober (minority). The music is quite rough, uncompromising and it doesn’t care about anybody. The entire movie is basically boasting about how edgy the music is, but in the end, John Digweed comes out to perform his best and also his only melodic song that’s on a completely different level than the rest of the movie. The underground isn’t as obvious in today’s events, but those who experienced that era will certainly find a certain fetish in it. I give it three stars. I didn’t get to see such a brutal underground, but I like that someone wanted to capture a certain time period that is worth reminiscing about.
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