You know the word ‘quirky’? It has no real definition (google offers up the following gem: ‘far out’), but yet nearly anyone at all familiar with pop culture can readily identify films, books, and fashion trends with that level. To that end, there are many people who identify themselves with that term, and will purposefully support media solely on the basis that it is quirky (I have mountains of data supporting this claim). Know Your Mushrooms seems to be marketed exclusively to this demographic. It’s not that it doesn’t contain information about mushrooms; it’s just far more concerned with the weird details of the people and theories (that’s right, theories) that are even peripherally connected to mushrooms than it is convincing us that mushrooms are an at all worthy topic for a feature-length documentary. It’s a work that’s all fringe and no center.
Opening at the Telluride Mushroom festival,...
Opening at the Telluride Mushroom festival,...
- 12/15/2009
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Remember the Flaming Lips-soundtracked documentary that Peter shared the trailer for back in February? About the mushroom hunters Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans? Well, the Canadian doc is about to get some unique love.
To promote his new documentary Know Your Mushrooms, the CBC reports that Ron Mann is releasing the film on a customized Usb stick -- one shaped like a cute, tooth-filled shroom (seen to the right). I'd love to see DVD storage folks come up with a shelving unit for this.
Following a British company that released Ghostbusters on a 2Gb flash drive with digital rights management, the Toronto-based filmmaker is taking a more share-friendly approach. Basically, people buy these Usb keys for $59.99 -- which, I might add, are said to be almost sold out -- and are then encouraged to upload and share the film. Mann says: "We did this as a fun project. It wasn't a commercial venture.
To promote his new documentary Know Your Mushrooms, the CBC reports that Ron Mann is releasing the film on a customized Usb stick -- one shaped like a cute, tooth-filled shroom (seen to the right). I'd love to see DVD storage folks come up with a shelving unit for this.
Following a British company that released Ghostbusters on a 2Gb flash drive with digital rights management, the Toronto-based filmmaker is taking a more share-friendly approach. Basically, people buy these Usb keys for $59.99 -- which, I might add, are said to be almost sold out -- and are then encouraged to upload and share the film. Mann says: "We did this as a fun project. It wasn't a commercial venture.
- 8/19/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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