'Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet' is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as ChipTunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results. Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, 'Reformat the Planet' maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the ChipTune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.
Paul Owens
Writer, Director
Joshua Davis
Himself (as Bit Shifter)
Christopher Burke
Himself
Jeff Donaldson
Himself
Tristan Perich
Himself
Haeyoung Kim
Herself (as BubblyFish)
Thomas Söderlund
Himself (as Covox)
Haruhisa Tanaka
Himself (as HALLY)
Daft Punk Unchained71%
Bad 2572%
Adele One Night Only78%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
The Velvet Underground67%
The Sound of 00772%
The Last Waltz76%
Live Aid79%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show79%
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly67%
Western Stars70%
Stop Making Sense83%
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese70%
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle86%
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap67%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell71%
Piece by Piece72%
The Up in Smoke Tour76%
