Liquid Crystal Vision (psychedelic magic, shamanism, burning man, etc)

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Liquid Crystal Vision

presented by Omananda and Tantric Demon

released in 2002

60 mintes - .avi format

promotional website

watch on google video

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Introduction:

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Liquid Crystal Vision fuses the ancient and the future. It blends scenes of exotic places such as Angkor Wat, Goa, Laos, Japan, and others with superb graphics, sounds, performances, and channeled interviews. LCV presents dancing as one of the means to initiate a far-reaching personal evolution. It contrasts control versus freedom. The impact of the mystical arts movement on planetary consciousness is highlighted during the 60 minutes play time. Liquid Crystal Vision makes an artistic and political statement that leaves a strong imprint on the audience.

Concept:

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Watching this film triggers a psychological response that unchains deep inner truths. Its hallucinatory sights and sounds catapult viewers into cosmic spheres. LCV recognizes the principle of positive change: divine inspiration expresses itself on all levels of existence, often simultaneously! As a global peace prayer the film presents all religious symbols equally in its deliciously visionary story line.

Filmmakers Billy Rood and Torsten Klimmer have talked for several years about making an extraordinary film. It did not happen until Billy's house was transformed into Liquid Crystal Studios, and Torsten received a vision to begin working on that film. For two years Omananda traveled around the world, filming images of sacred sites and interviewing people with mystical insights. What needed to reveal itself was channeled in those interviews and graphically enhanced through Billy's magical touch.

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LCV brings us footage from sacred sites the world over, interviews with prominent artists, stunning visuals, and an epic soundtrack featuring Irresistible Force, Banco De Gaia, Shpongle, Space Tribe, Nick Doof and many others. The film's kaleidoscopic vision reflects the hopes, dreams and personalities of an expanding global psychedelic movement. Its message speaks directly to the current crossroads of humanity and the needs of the planet.

Liquid Crystal Vision captures the essence of the psychedelic experience as it explores a mystical movement from its roots, explaining in scientific detail why the children of the sixties seek out the most sacred sites on Earth to dance themselves into a transcendental state.

A Saddhu gives an initiatory explanation about a mystical dance ritual that has its roots in India, but spread all over the world today. Followed by Raja Ram from Shpongle, the Infinity Project, and the Yeti, who gives an explanation about healing and higher consciousness, magnificent images of carved Apsaras and Monks in Angkor Wat (Cambodia) flash by. A beautiful dancer is moving to the rhythm of the music while a holy man from India gives a great description of the mystical state. Famous musicians and key figures of the scene explain scientifically what it all means to them. Gregory Sams articulates how people have their own spiritual experiences when going into trance. Famous Youth from Killing Joke expains how it all started years ago in Goa. Through a 3-D visual gate the film changes drastically into a part that is called: "Globalization". Pagans sing magical songs at the historical opening on summer solstice in Stonehenge, before the imagery blows the audience away with a mind-expanding interview of Alex Grey! A visual interlude of 3-D graphics leads to Dr. Spook, who says exactly what the filmmakers are trying to get across to the public! Images of people wildly dancing to undomesticated drumming rhythms with sculptures of burning skulls and a Shaman talking to the audience brings us to the legendary musicians of System 7, who explain in incredible detail how sound is used in the music to manipulate brainwaves and to entrain people. LCV goes backwards as it comes towards the ending, because it's created as a geometrical fractal, so sounds begin to repeat and characters come back to finish their story. Various individuals explain what effect partying has on them. This gives the viewer a feeling of how great the unity experience really is! LCV tells us that the visions experienced during the mystical experience have to be integrated into daily life to really have a lasting effect! The final rap is to a live set of Banco de Gaia, where a fire spinner is projected onto the oldest Buddhist temple in Laos. Suddenly, the film turns backwards at light speed until it reaches the first image of the film, where the final question is asked!

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