High Times Presents The Cannabis Cup
by Steven Hager
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Director: Steven HagerEditor: David Bienenstock
Editor: Aaron Stress
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: KOCH VISION
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Movie Review: A weak "documentary" from a festival that is struggling to stay alive
Summary: 3 Stars
The Cannabis Cup is an annual festival (19 years in the running) held by High Times magazine in Amsterdam. The festival centers around the judging of marijuana strains, with awards handed out in a variety of categories. This High Times-produced documentary was filmed at the 2003 event (incidentally, the first year the festival operated at a net loss, and the event was scaled back in 2004).
The documentary features mock-television shows such as a Cannabis Castaways, a Survivor-rip-off. The premise of that show boggled me--how can anyone reasonably smoke and compare strains of cannabis within a compressed two- or three-hour time period? Wine connoisseurs don't swallow the wine when they are in a tasting environment, so if you get a high off the taste testing, how can you strictly compare one strain to another?
Overall, this is an overly-long view of American potheads descending on a European city for a festival traditionally held during the Thanksgiving holiday. It's a rotten entry in the documentary genre, lacking focus, structure, or social/historical context. There are some gorgeous camera shots of the plant, but there's no need for an entire documentary to feature camera pans of botany (a coffeetable book could show plant life just as well, if not better). This viewer has decided that the one time she won't visit The Netherlands is during the annual Cannabis Cup.
Summary of High Times Presents The Cannabis Cup
The Cannabis Cup was founded in 1988 by HIGH TIMES' editor-in-chief Steven Hager to establish an international standard for cannabis seeds. He modeled it after the harvest festivals held in California in the 1970s, where growers would bring their finest buds and a winner would be judged. Held every November in Amsterdam, The Cannabis Cup is now a huge festival event, with flocks of pot connoisseurs arriving from around the world to sample "the kind". This 102 minute program combines documentary footage of the festival's concerts and ceremonies with hilarious TV show parodies such as The Cannabis Castaways reality TV show--six heads stranded on an Amsterdam houseboat, The Grow Show with Kyle Kushman--cultivation tips from master growers, Wake and Bake with Jay--Good Morning Amsterdam, and The HighWitness News featuring Johnny Zero. Also included is close-up photography of the world's best buds and of course the Cannabis Cup winnersIt's a stoner's delight as growers and their candidates for the best marijuana (hashish too) in the world gather in Amsterdam in 2002 for the 15th Cannabis Cup, sponsored by (who else) High Times magazine. Here you'll find TV takeoffs ("Highwitness News," the Survivor-esque "Cannabis Castaways"), some political harangues, quite a bit of music (including a performance by Marty Balin and Starship), plenty of loving close-ups of perfect pot buds, and of course lots of people smoking copious amounts of herb and acting like potatoes. At 102 minutes long, the whole thing moves about as briskly as someone who just polished off a full bongload of "Sacred Haze" or "White Smurf." Must have been a laugh a minute for all the ganja gladiators involved--but in the absence of Smell-o-vision (or maybe something else.), for those of us watching at home, well, guess you had to be there. --Sam Graham
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