Digital Video Camera & Camcorder Review

For their latest concert, The Beastie Boys decided to lend hand-held video cameras (Sony Hi-8 Camcorders) to 50 fans, told them to shoot at will, and then presented the end result in movie theaters in all its primitive, kaleidoscopic glory.

The result of this brainstorm is “Awesome,� which will be shown Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, before being released by ThinkFilm in late March. The movie is more than a new twist on an old form. “Awesome� – its full title praising the fans’ involvement in the final film cannot be printed in this newspaper – plugs into some of the currents surging through the media and entertainment worlds.

The film will cost the Beastie Boys about $1.2 million when the sampling fees are added in; the band returned all the Hi-8 Sony cameras (a step above a typical camcorder) to the stores where they were bought, in some cases for a full refund.

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