Movies that Remind You of Burningman

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:11 am

well, his hunger for drugs is not really a matter of opinion, but the analysis of the effects or likening his hunger to those who attend burning man certainly is.

Lorgasm · Post by **Lorgasm** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:14 am

touche' my friend.

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:56 pm

Second you all on the Fear & Loathing reference
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Death Race 2000
Anything by Terry Gilliam or Junet

BTW - netflix rules. I really love the service! I don't have cable, so all I do is watch movies, a perfect fix for my addiction.

>"Point break" reminds me a lot of burning man because of it's rough chaotic, primitive feel.

Man, I hope this was a joke. Chaotic? Primitive? I think the only thing primitive in that flick was Keanu's "acting"

whoa... I know kung fu...

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:15 pm

I cant believe I forgot!!

The Mad Max series!!

Of course!
--spaceboy--

dirtytuba · Post by **dirtytuba** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:04 pm

Friends. every last episode.

technopatra · Post by **technopatra** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:14 pm

ok I wnet and rented "Out/Deadly Drfiter" I musta been smoking the wrong kind of crack cuz I thought it sucked eggs.

I really like Peter Coyote but good lord, this was lika bad high school drama improv. it was like a Kuchar film without the humor, sex, irony and indie cheese factor. For the first time in forever, I actually turned a movie off before it was over.

But points for the following exchange, the only true Burning Man moment as far as I could tell:

Danny Glover: Who are you?
Peter Coyote: I'm me.
Danny Glover: You used to be you. Now you're IT. That's why you're here.

Good lord let's hope that Greaser's Palace fares better..stay tuned...

III · Post by **III** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:06 am

>>let's hope that Greaser's Palace fares better

cherry 2000. really.

it takes a while to set up, but when you hit the sky ranch sequence, you should be feeling home (even if you identify more with the bad guys).

extra bonus for actual lake lahontan footage, with trego mountain in the back ground.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:10 am

That was one fucked up movie. The alienation was on target, and the scars were primo.
I'm not sure of the circus scene being like BM though. Nor the bird shit. But the ending would be WAY cool out on-playa.
If you want a really agro-sticky fun time, see Crash. Geez, nice injury ya got there Homer. Can I lick it?
I'm STILL looking for a copy of Miracle Mile, but that's just fucked up wrong, and not much to do with BM.
Really Bad Things happen though when a non-community minded idea is formed on a bad drug cocktail mix.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:51 am

Radioactive Dreams
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nothing But Trouble
Brazil

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:39 am

...Lorgasm mentioned this earlier- The desert landing scene in "Mars Attacks"- I was cleaning the house and watching this the other day, and chanced to look up and doubletake at a playascape with a crowd of people, scaffolding and "strange equipment"....spittin' image...not sure if they ACTUALLY filmed in Pahrump, as the movie claims.....

rodent · Post by **rodent** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:37 pm

Here's an interesting question.

Does anyone have a list of movies and/or TV shows that have been filmed on or around the Black Rock?

I swear some scenes from Ice Pirates were filmed there.

---
rodent (putting the eek in geek)

Post by **actiongrl** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:47 pm

A short called "The Three of Us" (http://www.nirvan.com) that I saw at Sundance...

Radio Free Steve

ummmm

I can't think of others at the moment.

Chai Guy · Post by **Chai Guy** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:30 pm

http://www.goneoffdeep.com/movie.php

Has anyone seen this? (not a huge fan of the burning man documentary, but this looks like it might be promising).

opinions?

rodent · Post by **rodent** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:06 pm

Would the BLM Winnemucca Field Office keep records of film permits or at least keep tabs on what movies and TV shows were filmed there?

Post by **actiongrl** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:47 pm

[quote="Chai Guy"]http://www.goneoffdeep.com/movie.php

Has anyone seen this? (not a huge fan of the burning man documentary, but this looks like it might be promising).

opinions?[/quote]

No one's seen it yet because it is still being edited, actually. There are two trailers on the film's site, and a preview treatment will be screening at the Angelika in NYC when "Confessions of a Burning Man" opens there on February 27. We expect the film to be edited (first round) in March or April. I have a lot of faith that this will be a truly stellar film. This team had our full support and spent over year following the event and getting interviews and generally busting ass to make this documentary. Plus, they are one heck of a nice crew of people. Texans, dammit, and right friendly ones, at that. I swear they spent as much time helping us clean up Media Mecca as they did shooting their movie. Poke around their website - some nice photos and a journal of the production's progress.

BirthdayBabb · Post by **BirthdayBabb** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:30 am

BurningGirl wrote:"The Beach"

At the end, L.D.'s character writes an e-mail from a Net-cafe that floored me...I was totaly NOT expecting to be zapped into "playa state" but there I was with tears in my eyes wanting to be home.

*sigh*

'04...here I come, baby!

AMEN

I can't wait to GO HOME PEACE

alienfry · Post by **alienfry** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:46 pm

driving miss daisy

hehe just kidding.

one afternoon on chanel 5 (i live in LA) i caught this really ODD film that took place in australia. it was called Wala Wala or something like that.

this guy ends up lost in the desert and this girl finds him and somehow they end up in her town where NO ONE is ever allowed to leave. and it's just so fucking BRC, the town that is.

i love it.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:22 pm

The welded metal art at the junk yard was fantastic!
Thanks Rodent for turning me on to it. I own my own copy now.

Bonzai!!!

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Thu May 06, 2004 11:32 pm

Movies? You mean I don't even have to go?

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Sat May 08, 2004 3:28 pm

I think of my experience at Burning Man as a cross between "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Nutty Professor" or

"When Sally Met My Hairy Nuts"

cuteexhibitboy · Post by **cuteexhibitboy** » Sun May 09, 2004 7:19 pm

This 2003 movie was too weird to go to theaters for a national release but now on video it is the most recent film that reminds me of Burning Man. It is about an out of work actor who is a courier and has to deliver a suitcase out to the desert. There he meets some very strange characters played by Daryl Hannah, Bud Cort, Sean Bean, Kelsey Grammer, and many others and gets involved in a mystery that may be connected with UFOs, a serial killer or both. The last third of the movie takes place on a giant playa and the scenes at night on the playa look amazing and really remind me of Burning Man at night. Oh the movie also uses an RV in the playa scenes as one of the main props towards the end. Very BurningManesque. I like to think of it as Lawrence of Arabia meets Repo Man.

dj chai · Post by **dj chai** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:54 pm

Has anyone seen "Gifting It"? It's sort of a documentary but I really liked it.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:38 pm

I thought "Gifting It" was the best movie about Burning Man I've seen. Some of the others tend to get a little pretentious (granted I haven't by any means seen them all).

Cheers to the "A Boy and His Dog" reference earlier. Love that shit. But the copy I rented was widescreen...but not "anamorphic" widescreen. Basically the widescreen was compressed to standard format, and Don Johnson was, to scale, about eleven feet tall. Really irritating. As long as we're on Harlan Ellison, how about "City on the Edge of Forever?" (please don't bludgeon me for the Star Trek reference!)

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:35 am

Well, The Guardian would be a pretty cool project....set up some stock footage film loops and project them into the middle, onto dry ice fog perhaps, so you could still jump through it as in the episode......coupla fake boulders strewn around for scenery.....You could even conceal a PA and deep-voiced vocal talent in the Guardian setpiece so it could give the "a question....." spiel.........

Oh shit, I blew my cover! (struggling to conceal handmade starfleet insignia and rubber ears)

Kyte · Post by **Kyte** » Wed May 26, 2004 6:52 pm

Pay it Forward...cheesy yes but I cried at the end even the second time I saw it, and the scenery is great

Sand_man · Post by **Sand_man** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:27 pm

I agree with you tottely about most of these flicks. But I thought of an album that fits Burning Man. It's by Floater and it's called "Burning Sosobra" I am convinced that the band has been to Burns.

Toque · Post by **Toque** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:15 am

surprised nobody's said Fear and Loathing ... (or have they?)

if nothing else the trip is part of the experience so let's see:
-Highway 61 (obscure, Canadian, great road flick)
-parts of some movies remind me of the playa, like The Road Warrior for sure, Star Wars/Trek bar scenes and maybe Dune? Rumble Fish and Night on Earth (in a weird way)
-books: The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho; Where the Wild Things Are (!!!). and well, since this is the new eplaya, I can direct y'all to a short-short story I wrote, set at BMan but fictional (my writing's improved since but it's fun & short, or so most Burners have said.). Just click on my WWW!

more later mebbe, but I always seem to kill threads so pls holla if ya can, keep it alive!

PS -- "El Viaje Misterioso" anyone? (Simpsons episode) -- Homer eats Quetzaltenango hot peppers in his chili, trips out in the desert with Johnny Cash the Red Spirit Coyote ... that reminds me of BMan more than the BMan reference I heard in another episode)
btw I haven't actually watched TV in a long time, just have a good memory

Kyte · Post by **Kyte** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:03 am

I think fear and loathing is up there somewhere...Toque-- loved the story.

Kyte

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:13 am

What's that submarine movie that plays everyyear on the playa?

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea- No Way Back, I think?

Wrecked on the bottom of the ocean. They escape and find themselves in the Black Rock Desert!

Plays on the playa every year! fun to watch at 2 in the morning.

A II Z

kenshi · Post by **kenshi** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:19 pm

In general burningman reminds me of a really bad b rated horror movie. You start out with your group of friends at night, and one by one they seem to disapear mysteriously, till you are the only remnant and soul surviver of your group. lol.

Movies that Remind You of Burningman

some flix that remind me of BM

oh of course!

Brewster McCloud

films

Iron Giant

hmmm.

The Big Empty with John Favreau has many playa scenes.

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feah n' loavin', road movies