Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet (2008)

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Directed by Paul Owens.

Documentary filmmaker Paul Owens offers a vibrant look into the underground music scene known as Chip Tunes, where technologically savvy musicians utilize old video game hardware to create original music. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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"BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET trailer from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo. In his first feature doc, Paul Owens looks into the ChipTunes, a new underground electronic music genre consisting of music made on out-of-date video game hardware. Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet, screening on the 24 Beats Per Minute program, premieres on Saturday night at the Dobie. The trailer’s above, and Paul Owens answers our questions below. Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out. Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet delves into this music movement known as ChipTunes, which is based around using forgotten videogame hardware (nintendo, atari, gameboy) to create new, original music. I made the movie with Asif Siddiky, who did the cinematography, and Paul Levering, who was the producer. In the begin ... " [More]