Spark: A Burning Man Story

Name: Spark: A Burning Man Story
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Documentary
Released: August 16, 2013
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 55

2013

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Paladin Distribution | Release Date: August 16, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirringEach year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams. Spark takes us behind the curtain with Burning Man organizers and participants, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth. When ideals of a new world based on freedom and inclusion collide with realities of the "default world," we wonder which dreams can survive.… Expand

Director: Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Marc Savlov

Sep 11, 2013

Spark, however, is the best of the lot when it comes to attempting to grok the burn and the burners. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Sep 9, 2013

Parts of “Spark” can seem like an ad for Burning Man, but the film digs deep enough into the pressures and challenges facing its organizers and attendees to be a worthy exploration of a unique phenomenon, even for those who wouldn’t be caught dead wearing just glitter and a thong in 110 degree heat. Read full review

Kerry Lengel

Aug 22, 2013

It’s a compelling topic, even if directors Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter don’t dig deeply into the cultural and psychological significance of it. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Aug 13, 2013

As an official history, Spark shines adequate light; I just wish it had spent a little more time on the shadows. Read full review

Robert Abele

Aug 16, 2013

For such a hippie-ish wingding originally designed to discourage the buying and selling of anything, "Spark" has decidedly bought into its subject and has no qualms hawking it to moviegoers. Read full review

Nick Schager

Aug 22, 2013

The doc proves more concerned with promotion than analysis or inquiry, thereby making it a disingenuous non-fiction portrait: an inhibited look at an uninhibited event. Read full review

Nick Usen

Aug 11, 2013

The doc doesn't take the time to examine why Burning Man inspires such a level of fanaticism, overshadowing human interest with a gluttony of B roll. Read full review

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StarkaorBele

Dec 7, 2013

This is the WORST movie we ever saw! We want our 2hrs of time and 5.99 refunded and the memory taken out of our heads!!! The story sucked donkey Dix, terrible story telling, amateur editing, a 4yr old on you tube could kick butt on this 'film'. Honestly, our 7lb dog's turds are moreThis is the WORST movie we ever saw! We want our 2hrs of time and 5.99 refunded and the memory taken out of our heads!!! The story sucked donkey Dix, terrible story telling, amateur editing, a 4yr old on you tube could kick butt on this 'film'. Honestly, our 7lb dog's turds are more entertaining. Makes people Embarrassed to be burners!

Spark team should go back back to making lattes and selling jeans at the gap. Could have saved the spent on making this movie to buy Larry Harvey new teeth and English lessons!… Expand

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