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Slideshow: Awesome, I Sat Through That

Give camcorders to 60 fans at a Beasties concert and 7,000 edits later you have an anarchic DIY concert movie. Jason Silverman reports from the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
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The Beastie Boys made their fans videographers -- the film was shot by 50 people in the audience and then edited by the hip-hop band.

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A meta-filmmaking angle on the new Beastie Boys film, which was directed by Adam Yauch (aka MCA, aka Nathanial Hornblower).
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Instead of using super-slick footage from stage cameras, editors of the concert film used footage from Beastie Boys' fan-cams, giving viewers the feeling of being in the audience at the show.
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After decades of experience, the Beastie Boys have engineered the perfect live show.
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Spot the performer in the crowd by the wireless microphone and a red shirt.
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Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That

, filmed at Madison Square Garden.