What could be more fun than hanging out with a bunch of Burners
and watching a Burning Man movie together, seeing your favorite
art piece again on the big screen or getting to whoop and holler
when someone you know shows up bigger than life in front of you?
In the fall of 2005, along came the San Francisco Sneak Preview of Beyond Black Rock. I was the Wedding Coordinator for Burning Man at that time and one of “my” couples who had gotten married on the Playa the year before came to town from Texas, they were excited to be here and we were thrilled to see them in their Playaglam wear. The “Mighty” was packed and you could almost smell the playa dust in the room.
So, while you are gearing up for Burning Man this year, come have an off-playa taste of Burning Man. Come join us at the gorgeous, 1922 Castro Theatre where we will be viewing Voyage in Utopia. The website has clips of the movie, and commentary about the film, check it out.
This is what they’re saying about the film:
“Voyage in Utopia is a remarkable piece of story telling. It
does what our event is said to do : it evokes the inexpressible,
it invites imagination to inhabit the unknown”.
Larry
Harvey, founder of Burning Man
“Lovely interpretation of who we are !”
Artist David Best,
temple builder
“ I watched your film last night and was very moved. The
cinematography is superb and the editing very intelligent. You
really capture the feeling of being on the playa, the emotional
drama, and what we’re really all about in terms of the
community and our principles. Bravo! ”
Christine Kristen
aka LadyBee, Art Curator of Burning Man
“One of the best films about Burning Man I’ve ever seen!”
Andie
Grace aka Actiongrl, Communications Manager of Burning Man
“Forget John Ford or better yet Sergio Leone, Laurent Le
Gall’s “Voyage in Utopia” captures le coeur of the real
Wild West : The Good, The Bad and The Otherwordly in the Black
Rock Desert. Giddy-up!”
Jane Sullivan Director, Santa
Cruz Film Festival
French Filmmaker, Laurent le Gall, and artist and Temple Builder, David Best, will be introducing the film and will be available for Q and A after the screening.
“Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia”
Castro Theatre in San Francisco (429 Castro Street)
Friday, July 18, at 8:00pm
There are three ticket options:
Regular Admission
Film Premiere Screening and Discussion, 8pm
– $10
VIP Reception:
with Film Maker Laurent le Gall & Artist
David Best, 6-7:30pm in the theater mezzanine
Includes hosted
bar, appetizers and reserved seating. Benefits the Black Rock Arts
Foundation. – $75*
Host VIP Reception:
Includes all of the above plus premiere
seating, Director & Artist-signed DVD, name ID at the venue)
– $150*
*$50 of each VIP ticket sold benefits the Black Rock Arts Foundation and is tax deductible.
To see a review of the film:
http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/pixel_vision/2008/07/new_film_celebrates_burning_ma.html
After party at the Cafe Flore www.cafeflore.com/index.html
photo: Scott London