- Title: USA: RELEASE OF AMERICAN FILM "GROOVE" SET IN SAN FRANCISCO RAVE SCENE
- Date: 7th June 2000
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 7) (REUTERS) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) ACTRESS LOLA GLAUDINI SPEAKING ABOUT RAVING, SAYING: "I think all those things are very true, but I think the most important thing that is emblematic of a rave that is shown in the film is to really listen to music and dance. That's an amazing outlet, almost like on a primal level a call a
- Embargoed: 22nd June 2000 13:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, US AND FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Partygoers secretly converge at an abandoned warehouse after an email is sent out to announce an all night rave where anything can and does happen. A 1999 Sundance Film Festival selection, "Groove" details the truth and consequences of the underground rave scene.
Colin Turner (Denny Kirkwood) invites his introverted brother David (Hamish Linklater) to an all night rave to help him celebrate a surprise he has in store for his girlfriend, Harmony. Ironically it's David and Colin who get surprised that night by more experienced ravers.
From sundown to sunrise the dancers lose their inhibitions to the groove of the music. When the last record spins, the party may be over for most, but for some it's just beginning.
"Groove" is one of three films currently showing that focus on the underground all night dance parties known as raves where the music is high energy and the DJs whip the tripped out crowd into a mass of euphoric energy with their precious, vinyl record collections.
Made in conjunction with various members of the San Francisco Bay area rave scene, "Groove" was filmed in less than a month at different locations in and around the city, mostly in an abandonded warehouse that probably is now selling for a few million dollars given the skyrocketing real estate prices in the area.
The film explores the complexities of the subculture throgh its many characters, revealing how raving is an opportunity to connect with life or escape from it.
"The appeal of going to a rave is that you can shed your daily identity and dress up crazy and have this cathartic emotional experience on the dance floor and communicate with strangers," explains director Greg Harrison.
"It's a very vibrant community...a lot of powerful human experiences happen at a rave. I wanted to show through the film how human a rave can be and I think it's on the continium of human experience rather than something to villify or something on the outside that's dark and misunderstood."
Most concur that raving originated in Europe where the yearly "Love Parade" gives the world a day-long glimpse of an enormous mass of humanity reveling in electronic dance music with costumes and crowd behavior similar to those attending the annual Carnival in Brazil.
"Groove" was the first film purchased at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and will have international distribution to show off the raw truth of the scene as well as a finely crafted soundtrack that sports contributions from world-renowned DJsJohn Digweed, WISH FM, Polywog, Mixmaster Morris, Octave One, Scott and Robbie Hardkiss, and more.
"Groove" is in currently in theatres, supplemented by a DJ tour anchored by famed spinners WISH FM and Dmitri that will follow the opening of the film across the United States and Canada. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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