Disturbing yet enthralling

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Oh my god, there should be a law against making a movie on a camcorder. This movie is almost completely devoid of any redeeming qualities. The soundtrack is great, but the images suffer from video artifacts on the big screen. Obviously no effort was spent to color time the film, and the audio is so poorly mixed behind the music, that a lot of the time you can't hear squat.But worse than this, the alleged filmmakers only captured about .01 percent of the experience. They shied away from controversy in any form. What makes the celebration so different is the alternative lifestyle living in this community. None of that here.So, if you want a headache from giant out of focus and shaky images, crummy audio, and vanilla treatment, go for it.Do find the soundtrack tho'.

This documentary comes off better than some of the previous ones on Burning Man.One of the strongest aspects of the film is in capturing the amazing visual experience of the festival - with some great cinematography, also the soundtrack was excellent too.The film also does a good job of touching on the spiritual side of the festival. A lot of Burners come seeking something - either a better knowledge of themselves or the world in general. I liked how it focused on the personal growth aspect instead of the usual nakedness, drugs & sex.A major weakness though is the focus on the specific group of first-time Burners. These people didn't add a lot to the film I found and weren't really representative - they never seemed to really catch the Burner spirit. At best their stories were just boring - and at worst they remind me of self-absorbed winers they get on Survivor or the Real world (especially since they seemed to be a purposely diverse group thrown together in a rather contrived way). For me it would have been more interesting if the filmmakers included more dialog with Larry Harvey or others who could intelligently articulate something about the philosophies behind BM.Overall though, an enjoyable and skillfully made documentary.

I wasn't so sure about it...went to the screening in san diego and the theatre was packed (with a lot of skeptics like me, i'm sure)...but that said this movie went way above my expectations...the music rocks (literally) and the mood of burning man came across in a big way...my girlfriend even cried. it was so great to see a good movie about an event that means so much to so many people. the filmmakers were sensitive about saying this is "their journey" so it's not like this is the definitive zillion hour doc that's trying to say what burning man is...it's an excellent take on the event that reached out to everyone around me...we went out afterwards and regaled eachother of our own burning man stories. thumbs up.

I saw this at the Deep Ellum film fest--it was incredibly moving and had thewhole room in tears. The personal stories made the Burning Man eventavailable to the audience, and through their interwoven journeys, the filmtriumphed to tell the tale of what the hell Burning Man is all about. I've been to Burning Man 5 times and my family has no idea what it is about--they think it's all drugs and partying--but there is a spiritual aspect of the event that was captured in this film, and my parents actually are thinking of going now, since seeing this movie!! The cinematography was beautiful (how could it notbe...well, actually it's quite hard to get anything without dust on your lens), the music is fantastic, there is some hilarious moments, and ultimately some great nuggets of the surealism that sets this event apart. FINALLY a movie that captures Burning Man in a most natural BEAUTIFUL way!! Hats off to thefilmmakers for sharing..can't wait to get this DVD and show to friends.