Mark and I are throwing a huge social experiment/reality-based movie party/experiment on June 16th. The plan is to film a few different social groups before, during and after a long drunken party night. The Luge Effect will hopefully permeate everyone's brains and create a memorable night.
For those who have decided to stagnate in the suburbs for too long and can't remember what a luge is; It's a block of ice with a mini waterslide cut down the center of it. This creates a luge that allows various types of liquor to effortlessly glide down to someone's gullet. A few of these and life becomes quite nice.
This party came about through the power of attraction as manifested by Mark. He has been obsessed with making a movie. I couldn't get a week to go by without him bringing up the topic. "Scott, we gotta make a movie." I would bitch, "We don't have a script, we've never made one, I am too friggin' busy. Make it yourself, I'll watch" He would answer "You gotta do it with me." This conversation repeated itself over our weekly Big Bowl lunch, at happy hours, 3am while doing shots with Paco and Bonn, Sundays at brunch...he would not let it go. Finally he organized a lunch between myself and the film guys he knew. The goal of the lunch was to brainstorm ideas. I was not thrilled, it sounded like mental masturbation, we would all get excited about stuff and get nowhere on it. At least I was going to get free big bowl. However, on the walk over I thought that there has never been a great party movie. I don't mean a movie where everyone gets loud and obnoxious. Something that captures the unique social dynamics that occur during parties. I brought up the idea at brunch and the rest of the gang loved it. So we're going to throw pre-parties, a party, and a post-party brunch, film it all, and see where the dust settles. Worst case, we have something funny to watch with some friends. Best case we can quit our jobs. Here is the description of the event from the evite -
Do you want to become famous? Or, at least settle for getting drunk and hooking up? We are willing to bet you like the sounds of that, hence you are invited to our Luge Effect party.
The Luge Effect is a reality-based movie to explore peoples perception before, during, and after a social event. How many times has your weekend experienced the following timeline?
1. Meticulous planning of exactly what to say to that certain someone at the perfect moment during that weekend’s social event.
2. The night of the party arrives, drunken mayhem ensues, all plans tossed out the window.
3. Hung-over at brunch piecing together the previous nights events, everyone seems to remember things quite differently.
What is reality? Is it your perception of what is happening as it occurs? As the memory fades into the past, does your recollection at any point in time constitute the reality of the situation? As new details emerge and submerge over time, can you accurately say with conviction what occurred?
Help us find out, on film, while doing ice luge shots and speaking your mind at the drunken confessional booth. Please be prompt, we have the pool deck 7-midnight. We may be the stars of Sundance 2008. If not, we can at least have a kick-ass film viewing party at the end of the summer.
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