blatantexposure films presents
CRACK Volume 1 Crack - The Passion of Dan Burke Dan Burke's Last Stand a film by paul perrier The intro: Book'em Dan-O In early September of 2001, I received a phone call from my old friend Dan Burke, who was the booking agent at the legendary "El Moccambo" bar in Toronto..."I have the greatest fucking movie I want you to make! It's a rock'n roll "Roger and Me". I was hooked! I followed Dan on September 8, 9 and 10 as he attempted to make contact with Mick Jagger, who was in town promoting his film during the Toronto International Film Festival, to invite the Rolling Stones to perform a 25th Anniversary show of the historic "Love You Live" album from 1977...Then 9/11 happened. Not only the Twin Towers toppled that day? I did not see or hear from Dan for a long time. He was hooked... The conflict: Crack - The Passion of Dan Burke On September 11th 2002, as the world was still trying to come to terms with the disaster of the previous year, I met with Dan at the apartment of a punk rock band called "The Cheerleaders", to screen a 10 minute film that I had edited called "Book'em Dan-O". He seemed more interested in his crack pipe than my film. Dan Burke wants to save Rock'n roll...But can he save himself? For the past four years I have captured Dan in his chaotic world, as he dances on the razor's edge of life and death. This segment captures Dan's metamorphosis from booking agent, to a performer/singer/songwriter/rapper/actor and stand up comic. Dan is telling his life story with each creative outlet he attempts. In September of 2004 I showed Dan a twenty minute version of the film called "CRACK-VOLUME 1 - The Passion of Dan Burke". After watching the piece he said that he really liked the filmmaking that I had done, but that there was no real coheasive story to tell. Time passed... I caught up with Dan in late April 2005 at the Silver Dollar. We had a beer and I mentioned to him that I thought he was missing a real opportunity with what we had been shooting over the last four years and that we should not lose out on an opportunity like this. He walked away and returned 5 minutes later with the ending for the film… The resolution: : Dan Burke's Last Stand During (but not part of) the North by North East Music Festival (NXNE) this year in Toronto, Dan Burke is booking The "NEXT" (originally titled "NOT-NXNE") shows at his principal venue The Silver Dollar Room, a showcase of cutting edge musicians that always steals the lime light away from the other bookers in the game. This is the completion of the trilogy for Dan and will also be an opportunity to introduce the film itself. The conclusion: THE END ? The conflict is over and everything is explained...or is it? "Fear my motherfuckiing shoes dude!" - Dan Burke *from "Show Promoter Dan Rebuttal Rap". …Stay tuned! |
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