>Has anyone seen this yet? Any thoughts? The only reports I hear are from >big-media outlets, so when they trumpet it as the first "true" rave movie, >it makes me more than just a bit uncomfortable... Still, it should be >interesting -- and if you *had* to do a trance soundtrack (and I'm sure they >did), you could definitely come up with some cheesier people than the names >that show up here: John Digweed, Hybrid, Hardkiss...
I saw groove at a film festival in minneapolis. It follows the "story" of a rave in san francisco in that hip "fit 4 or 5 mostly unrelated stories into one movie" style. It follows the experiences of various party-goers as well as the promoters as they perpare for the party, try to find the map-point, do drugs for the first time, end up playing in the main timeslot cause the headliner hasn't shown up yet, save each other from overdoses and acid freak-outs, leave when the party gets busted, come back in after the police leave, and dance till dawn. While it's pretty well-made, I'd say its main value is that it'll give you a good laugh. while everything about it is incredibly cliched, I suppose it captures the "essence" of raves (at least raves circa 1992-95 or so) pretty well. So yeah, i'd reccomend it. But it is pretty silly. check it out at www.groovethemovie.com chris
