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Under the Electric Sky

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Under the Electric Sky

PG-13

2014

1h 25m

Documentary

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More than 350,000 people celebrate electronic dance music at the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Very much like an infomercial.

Jul 24, 2014

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Cary Darling

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Though not a great documentary and essentially a colorful, 3D commercial for Electric Daisy Carnival, it works as both an introduction to a subculture many may be unfamiliar with and as a beat-heavy scrapbook for those who were there.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 24, 2014

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

EDC has made headlines with fatal overdoses, so you'd think directors Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz would examine the role Molly and related drugs play here. But the topic is mentioned only fleetingly.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 23, 2014

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Christopher Preston

One Room With A View

Under the Electric Sky could have been a genuinely interesting social-anthropological documentary. Instead it's a glittery exercise in masturbation.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 8, 2019

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Drew Taylor

The Playlist

"Under The Electric Sky" does a great job of showing the appeal of EDM, and can be an occasionally thrilling document of the musicians who create these infections beats. But on a human level, well, it could have used some more electric participants.

Rated: B-

Aug 23, 2014

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Jonathan Kiefer

SF Weekly

There's something slightly queasy-making in how this film summons the tireless piety of a church-recruitment pamphlet to describe what basically amounts to Burning Man as a business model.

Jun 28, 2014

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Audience Member

Makes me miss EDC! Can't wait to be back!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

I honestly think this movie is such a sad excuse for a "documentary". Being a raver myself, I see so much potential in writing an engaging and culturally stimulating movie about rave. But sadly, we only have this poorly disguised infomercial and a very bad Netflix original movie. I'm writing a movie about rave that is way more in depth and it spans across all aspects - drug use, crime, gangs, rich party kids, Las Vegas high rollers, and a look into ideas about morality. I poured my heart into this script and I'm hoping that somebody would like to see it. Hmu

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Inspired me to go to EDC LV considering it's purely epic. If you're really into EDM I'd recommend this for sure! Try and watch it all at once and not attempt to find the amazing tracks in the movie until the second time you watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

More like an informercial than a documentary, but still worth watching if you like electronic music

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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ken k

Eye candy at it's most effective beauty but with a bit more effort on the back stories this could have been a 21st century "Woodstock"! I am very surprised the producers could not see more story line in the folks chosen whose eyes we see the event through. Good choices but not long enough line to catch the BIG FISH here. Still worth the price of admission to see this amazing event on Blu Ray. 3D would have really topped it off!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/15

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Audience Member

brings so many memories. plur family <3

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Dan Cutforth

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Jane Lipsitz

Director

Rachel Miller

Producer

Kevin Mann

Producer

Pasquale Rotella

Executive Producer

Michael Rapino

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

More than 350,000 people celebrate electronic dance music at the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.

Director: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz
Producer: Rachel Miller, Kevin Mann
Production Co: Haven Entertainment, Insomniac Events
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Drug References|Brief Strong Language|Suggestive Material)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $204.2K
Runtime: 1h 25m

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