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Burning ManThe Movie is an Easy Way to Save $194 Plus AirfareBy Madelyn Miller
But after watching CONFESSIONS OF A BURNING MAN, I am so glad I saw the movie rather than spending days in the hot, sandy dessert, with limited water, and massive crowds. I loved sitting in an air-conditioned theatre in a comfy seat with no sandy winds blowing in my eyes. No blazing sun burning my skin. No worries about when and where I would get my next shower or where the restroom was. As I watched the movie, I kept reflexively reaching for my purse for sun-tan lotion, the sun was so brightly shinning I thought I might get secondary sunburn. My companion put his jacket on in the middle of the movie. Was he leaving, I wondered? Or did the theatre seem so cool in contrast to the blazing sun on the screen? The movie was sold out in New York. Those people are smart. And good shoppers. Because if you were to try and go to the real Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, the “cheaper” seats are sold out, and admission will cost you at least $200 or more. I am sorry. I just don’t get it. But then I am an indoor girl, and that is just another reason why I am so glad I saw the movie. Featuring: Samantha Weaver, Anna Getty, Kevin Epps and
Michael Winaker CONFESSIONS OF A BURNING MAN follows Samantha Weaver, Anna Getty, Kevin Epps and Michael Winaker as they journey for the first time to Burning Man. Samantha brings her mother's wedding dress to burn; Anna, for the Getty family, and a childhood friend of Samantha's, arrives by plane; Kevin leaves the ghetto of Hunter's Point to venture into the unknown; and Michael, a suspended cab driver, takes the RV wheel and drives 10 hours straight to the Nevada desert. These four subjects are thrown together in the visual maelstrom that is Burning Man. Humanity, art and dust collide in an encounter that is out-of-this-world. Samantha builds a labyrinth in an attempt to participate. Kevin, hesitant at first, discovers a surprisingly accepting community, and his hip-hop music gets some air-time on a local radio station. In order to meet as many strangers as possible, Michael takes on his familiar career of driving a cab. which he is forbidden to do anywhere else but Burning Man. And Anna finds herself on a personal journey where she comes to painful truths about her family and her past. The ending is a surprise and very touching. See the movie. But I am not sure I can recommend the event. |
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I usually think it is a lot better to read the book
first than see the movie.