Fyre Festival is one of the two documentaries recently released on the Fyre festival, the infamous music festival gone wrong. The one I watched was released by Netflix and have yet to see the Hulu version. In the documentary, Fyre Festival, the creators of the festival get way in above their heads and make many mistakes. They sell more access to people than they can house, promise food that never delivers. They even go as far as to commit criminal activity, including defrauding ticket holders. The documentary follows their planning period and various problems encountered during that time to the fall out after the Fyre Festival proved to be a catastrophe. One that deserted thousands of people on an island with no shelter and minimal food or water.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It was the perfect mix of interview shots and actual footage from the time they were creating the festival. Testimonials were seamlessly intertwined with actual footage from the sight. They had a very dramatic way of developing the characters/people involved. They would paint someone as the villian, there were two, and then have a shot of them thriving in life. One specific example was when an interviewee was talking about the awful fraudulent activities the head guy had done, and then there was a shot of him on a jet ski in the Bahamas. Or they would be talking about the rapper who helped the head guy make the festival happened and then there was a shot of him partying, surrounded by expensive jewelry. This documentary made it very clear who the villains were, and still provided viewers without a hero.
There was one scene in the documentary that actually launched a viral meme. One of the investors in the festival claiming that he was going to suck a custom official’s penis to get water to the island. That was how desperate the situation was. The entire documentary was done in that way, beautifully revealing of the motives and events that transpired. They provided shots of blueprints, maps, old airplanes, and tweets that went out during that time. They documented everything, every little detail, while still keeping it fast paced and interesting. There wasn’t a minute when I wanted to get up and do something else.
I would most definitely recommend this documentary. Not only was it extremely well done but it shines light on one of the biggest fraudulent events of the 21st century. This kind of festival had never been done before since it wasn’t seen as feasible. Then these people tried to do it, and it crashed and burned like everyone predicted. Mass confusion surrounded the event. Most people know what the Fyre Festival was, and the epic trash fire that it became. But many don’t know what happened, what the downfall of the festival was. This documentary provides an insight on the details of this festival and why it went down the way it did. Also, it’s just a fun documentary to watch, it has a very high entertainment value.
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