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Training for the Bull Run: Preparing Physically and Mentally
Read: Training for the Bull Run: Preparing Physically and MentallyTraining for the bull run in Pamplona means preparing physically and mentally: whole-body strength, sprints and agility work, a sober night before, a calm morning, and a first…
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Chasing Red Reviews: What Critics, Runners and CNN Said
Read: Chasing Red Reviews: What Critics, Runners and CNN SaidWhat critics, bull runners, audiences and the press said about Chasing Red, the 2015 documentary about the running of the bulls: the Film Threat and Indie Wrap reviews,…
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Filming the Running of the Bulls: How Chasing Red Got Every Angle
Read: Filming the Running of the Bulls: How Chasing Red Got Every AngleHow Chasing Red went about filming the running of the bulls in Pamplona in 2012: where the crew stood, how the permissions were won, the cable camera over…
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What Is a Bull Runner? Who Really Runs With the Bulls in Pamplona
Read: What Is a Bull Runner? Who Really Runs With the Bulls in PamplonaA bull runner is someone who runs in the encierro, the running of the bulls in Pamplona, and runs it the way the tradition expects: sober, moving with…
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Paying for an Independent Documentary: How Chasing Red Was Funded
Read: Paying for an Independent Documentary: How Chasing Red Was FundedHow Chasing Red, an independent documentary about the running of the bulls, was paid for: self-funded research, a Kickstarter of about $23,000 for the 2012 shoot, a budget…
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Where Chasing Red Was Filmed, and What the Filmmakers Studied
Read: Where Chasing Red Was Filmed, and What the Filmmakers StudiedWhere Chasing Red was filmed: Pamplona’s Casco Viejo, Hellín, Elche de la Sierra, the Grand Canyon and a sound booth in California. Plus what the filmmakers read, who…
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How the Story of Chasing Red Changed in the Making
Read: How the Story of Chasing Red Changed in the MakingChasing Red began in 2007 as The Pamplona Project, a film without a story. How it became a character-driven documentary about four runners over the eight runs of…
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Making Chasing Red: How the Running of the Bulls Documentary Was Made
Read: Making Chasing Red: How the Running of the Bulls Documentary Was MadeHow the Chasing Red documentary was made: five years of research in Pamplona and the ranches of southern Spain, a 2011 teaser, a volunteer crew for the eight…
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San Fermín Fiesta: The Nine Days Beyond the Run, From the Chupinazo to Pobre de Mí
Read: San Fermín Fiesta: The Nine Days Beyond the Run, From the Chupinazo to Pobre de MíThe running of the bulls lasts a few minutes each morning. The Festival of San Fermín lasts nine days. What the fiesta is like beyond the run, from…
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What It’s Really Like to Run With the Bulls
Read: What It’s Really Like to Run With the BullsWhat running with the bulls in Pamplona is actually like for a first-timer: the night before, getting on the route, the first rocket, when the bulls reach you,…