Appeared in DIVER March 2006
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ENJOY YOUR TRIP
Marine Passions, DVD,Planula
Marine Passions (Planula, www.marinepassions.com).
51min + extras, Au $29.95 (about£12.75)
Recently DIVER was invited to run a sort of public information article on the dangers of taking recreational drugs and diving, though there seemed to be little hard evidence that this is a widespread problem.
In the end, we didn't run the article, but here's the warning anyway: hey, kids, don't do drugs and dive - if you want a hallucinogenic underwater experience, buy Marine Passions instead!
You will need home cinema to get the full 'immersive Dolby Digital surround sound' effect, but you'll enjoy some 50 minutes of footage of marine life from Byron Bay in eastern Australia, filmed by locally based director Tim Hochgrebe and filtered through the vivid imagination of Osvaldo Alfaro.
Byron Bay has a lot of life worth seeing, and though I sometimes object to underwater footage being messed about with, in this case it has been very skilfully - and selectively - psychedelised. It has also been married to a specially composed electronic soundtrack with a pronounced Eastern influence.
Watching on a Sunday morning, I entered a sort of happy trance-like state, but it's all perfectly legal!
The DVD also contains a couple of virtual aquariums, one straight and one acid-fried. |
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